Tag: regulation
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Joint Submission: Alliance of Industry Associations Pre-Budget Submission 2026-27
Our Alliance of Industry Associations (the Alliance) welcomes the opportunity to make this pre-Budget submission to inform the development of the 2026–27 Budget. We acknowledge and commend the Government for its leadership in convening the Economic Reform Roundtable in 2025. Bringing together business, unions, academia and other stakeholders to focus…
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Joint media release: Business leaders call for 25% red tape reduction amid rising costs
Nearly 30 groups representing small, medium and large businesses, and universities, that employ millions of Australians, are calling on all governments to cut regulatory costs by 25 per cent to help consumers and businesses amid surging costs caused by the Middle East war. The Alliance of Industry Associations, which represents…
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Go8 submission to the Select Committee on Productivity in Australia
Senator Andrew Bragg, Chair of Select Committee on Productivity in Australia, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 Introduction Productivity growth is the fundamental driver of Australia’s long-term economic growth and prosperity. Since Federation, growth in living standards has overwhelmingly been underpinned by improvements in labour productivity. Around two-thirds of these gains…
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Opening statement to the Education and Employment Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Universities Accord (ATEC) Bill 2025
Opening statement by Group of Eight Chief Executive Vicki Thomson Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee. The need for an Australian Tertiary Education Commission is not in question. The sector has been without an independent authority to guide government policy for decades – since the abolition…
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Keynote address by Vicki Thomson to 2025 UWA Public Policy Institute Higher Education Summit
UWA Public Policy Institute Higher Education Summit 2025, Fit for Purpose? The Future of Governance, Regulation & Impact of the Australian Higher Education Sector The politics of higher education – know when to hold and when to fold Keynote speech from Vicki Thomson, Chief Executive, Group of Eight Universities *CHECK…
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Go8 submission on the ‘Modernising and Strengthening TEQSA’s Powers’ consultation paper
Department of Education Introduction The Go8 supports TEQSA’s role as part of a high quality, well-functioning and student-focused higher education system. As Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, we welcome reforms that enhance TEQSA’s ability to collaborate across the system, co-create tangible improvements for students and providers, uphold quality and strengthen public…
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Go8 Chief Executive’s Speech to the University Governance and Regulations Forum, Canberra
Good morning. Thank you for your invitation to speak, and it’s good to be here with you. Given Parliament this week, I hope you will give me some latitude with my speech content. I know when you invited me, that you would have had no idea what a precipitous week…