Business Council of Australia
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The Business Council of Australia (BCA) is an industry association that comprises the chief executives of more than 100 of Australia's biggest corporations. It was formed in 1983 by the merger of the Business Roundtable – a spin-off of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia – and the Australian Industry Development Association. The organisation is headquartered in Melbourne with offices in Sydney and Canberra.
Its stated goal is to give the business community a greater voice in public policy debates about the direction of Australian society.[citation needed]
Structure[]
Board[]
The board oversees the council's secretariat, committees and task forces, makes recommendations about membership and appointments, and proposes policies.
Board members, as of March 2021, were:[1]
- President: Tim Reed, joint managing director, Potentia Capital; director, Transurban[2]
- Chief executive: Jennifer Westacott
- Karen Dobson, managing director, Dow Chemical Company[3]
- Danny Gilbert AM, managing partner, Gilbert + Tobin[4]
- Alan Joyce, chief executive officer, Qantas
- Alison Kitchen, national chairman, KPMG[3]
- Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, chief executive officer and managing director, Mirvac[3]
- Alison Watkins; director, Centre for Independent Studies; former group managing director, Coca-Cola Amatil.[5]
Former presidents include Catherine Livingstone, Tony Shepherd, Michael Chaney, Hugh Morgan, Roderick Carnegie and Arvi Parbo.[6]
The secretariat works on policy, research, communications and administrative support.
The Strong Australia Network was established to lobby for regional businesses,[7] and BizRebuild to help businesses damaged by floods or bushfires.[8]
Policy[]
The council's policy agenda has included plans to reform post-secondary education,[9] cut rates of personal and company tax,[10] and strengthen enterprise bargaining.[11]
Members help develop policy through committees and special-issue task forces.[12]
Membership[]
As of 2021, members of the council were:[13]
- Accenture
- Adamantem Capital
- AGL Energy
- Allens Linklaters
- Amazon
- Amcor
- Ampol
- ANZ Bank
- APA Group
- Ashurst Australia
- ASX
- ATCO
- Australian Foundation Investment Company
- Atlassian
- Australian Unity
- Bain & Company
- Bank of America
- Bank of China
- Bendigo & Adelaide Bank
- BHP
- BlueScope
- BNP Paribas
- Boeing Australia
- Boral
- Boston Consulting Group
- BP
- Brookfield Asset Management
- Bupa
- CIMIC Group
- Cisco
- Citigroup
- Clayton Utz
- Coca-Cola Amatil
- Cochlear
- Coles Group
- Commonwealth Bank
- Compass Group
- Corrs Chambers Westgarth
- Credit Suisse
- CyberCX
- Deloitte
- Dow Chemical Company
- Downer Group
- Dulux
- DXC Technology
- EnergyAustralia
- Ernst & Young
- Facebook,
- Fletcher Building
- Fortescue Metals Group
- Fujitsu
- General Electric
- Gilbert + Tobin
- GrainCorp
- Guild Group Holdings
- GWA Group
- Hanson
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Hitachi
- HSBC
- IBM
- Incitec Pivot,
- Infosys
- ING
- Jacobs Engineering Group
- JBS Foods Australia
- Jemena
- JP Morgan
- Kearney
- King & Wood Mallesons
- KKR
- KPMG
- La Trobe Financial
- Lendlease
- Lion
- Macquarie Group
- McDonald's
- McKinsey & Company
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Melbourne Business School
- Microsoft
- MinterEllison
- Mirvac
- Mitsui & Co
- Morgan Stanley
- MUFG Bank
- MYOB
- National Australia Bank
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Optus
- Origin Energy
- Pacific National
- Perpetual
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Programmed
- Qantas
- Rio Tinto
- Rothschild & Co
- Salesforce
- SAP
- Scentre Group
- Seek
- Shell
- Snowy Hydro
- South32
- Star Entertainment Group
- Stockland
- Sydney Airport Holdings
- University of Sydney
- Tabcorp Holdings
- Tata Consultancy Services
- Telstra
- TPG Capital
- TransGrid
- Transurban
- Uber
- UBS
- UTS Business School
- Vicinity Centres
- Wesfarmers
- Westpac
- Wilson Group
- Woodside Petroleum
- Woolworths
- WSP Global
- Yarra Capital Management
See also[]
- Economy of Australia
- Australian Competition & Consumer Commission
- Council of Australian Governments
- List of Australian companies
- National Competition Policy
References[]
- ^ "Board". Business Council of Australia. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Tim Reed". Business Council of Australia. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "New leaders backed for Business Council board". Mirage News. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- ^ "Danny Gilbert AM". Business Council of Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Alison Watkins". Business Council of Australia. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Previous BCA Presidents". Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ "About Us". Strong Australia Network. BCA. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "What is BizRebuild?". BizRebuild. BCA. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Education and skills". Business Council of Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Tax". Business Council of Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Modern workplace relations". Business Council of Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Structure". Business Council of Australia. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Membership". BCA=. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
External links[]
- Business organisations based in Australia
- Organizations established in 1983
- 1983 establishments in Australia