Canberra Business Council

It's all about confidence stupid! Australia's economic fundamentals might be sound but for too long business and consumer confidence has been battered by ongoing political instability and an increasing preoccupation by our politicians on attaining and retaining power rather than governing the country. Businesses are frustrated and disillusioned with this focus on politicking rather than policy. In Canberra and the...

Does anyone else regard it as strangely incongruent that the Federal Government and Opposition recently rushed (quite rightly) to provide structural adjustment funding and transition support to the communities in Victoria that will lose1200 jobs when Ford closes its manufacturing plants in Victoria in 2016 but are silent when it comes to supporting the ACT community and private sector as...

While the Phase 2 Report on HighSpeed Rail (HSR), released on 11April 2013, was broadly welcomedby everyone, the ridiculously slowstart and rollout timetable were not only ridiculed -they put the credibility of the project itself and theGovernment's commitment to it, in real doubt. It was particularly pleasing that the report supported Canberra Business Council's long-heldview that the optimal staging of...

The ACT Government recently launched its'City to the Lake' initiative at the National Museum of Australia. This project which will connect the city to Lake Burley Griffin joins other recent ACT city planning developments such as the City Plan and Canberra Metro - a new Light Rail Transport network. Canberra Business Council is very supportive of the City to the...

The recently released 'Australia in the Asian Century White Paper' details a roadmap for Australian companies to engage with our near Asian neighbours. Many ACT businesses are working in Asian countries, and are building flourishing companies contributing to a diversified ACT economy. Innovation comes in many different packages. Two ACT companies that are successfully exporting to Asia and building relationships...