February 4, 2019
We need to highlight the good business does every day – from creating jobs, exporting, innovating and giving back to the community – and address the issues that irritate the community.
The Business Council is responding to these complex challenges but we can’t do it alone. We need all of us – as a community – to come together if we are to remind Australians that when business thrives, they thrive.
We need to highlight the good business does every day – from creating jobs, exporting, innovating and giving back to the community – and address the issues that irritate the community.
The Business Council is responding to these complex challenges but we can’t do it alone. We need all of us – as a community – to come together if we are to remind Australians that when business thrives, they thrive.
State border closures have seen passenger numbers on Australia’s busiest air routes plummet 91 per cent since March, crippling the aviation sector and causing harmful knock-on effects in tourism and hospitality.
We can’t afford to be left behind and miss out on opportunities to establish safe travel corridors with other low-risk countries who have also managed the virus well.
Passenger aircraft carry much more than people.
Putting a nationally agreed plan in place for international travel will allow us to ramp up this critical sector once we get the green light. This is not a temporary problem for Australia. If we fail to begin carefully reopening, we will miss out.
Support the campaign to get Australia moving by emailing your local members of parliament today.
The 2021-22 Victorian Budget has proposed a payroll tax hike.
Payroll tax is a tax on jobs.
Payroll tax makes no sense. Increases to payroll tax act as a disincentive for businesses to grow and create more jobs. It's as simple as that.
The costs are felt by employees through slower wages growth, consumers through higher prices, super funds through lower dividends and jobseekers who can't find work.
This is the worst possible time to increase taxes.
Victorian businesses have been - and continue to be - smashed by long and difficult lockdowns. Why on earth would we want to slug them now?
Victoria is becoming an uncompetitive place to do business.
Some of the biggest employers in the state will simply look elsewhere to do business, invest in new projects and create jobs. Other states are cutting payroll tax and competing hard for business.
Everyone agrees mental health is an important issue especially in Victoria where the community has borne the brunt of this pandemic.
That’s why the business community already spends millions of dollars on mental health programs for their employees and contributes significantly to many community initiatives.
Having a job, being productive and having a purpose is important for good mental health. If mental health is the issue, a tax on jobs is not the answer.
The business community stands ready to work with the Victorian Parliament on a better solution to the mental health challenges.
Email your local MP and urge them to oppose the tax on jobs and work with the business community.
Authorised by J. Clark for the Business Council of Australia of 120 Collins St, Melbourne.
