Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Leading Australian Business - Peak Council of Australian Business Associations - Representing over 350,000 businesses that employ over 4 million people
Opinion Pieces and Letters
2010 Opinion Piece: By ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson: Time For Some Heavy Lifting, The Australian Financial Review - 30/8/10 Letter to the Editor: ACCI Economics and Industry Policy Director Greg Evans - "Business Wish List Needs Care" - Australian Financial Review -25/8/10 Opinion Piece: By ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson - We Must Sow Seeds for our Nation's Future, The Sun Herald - 1/8/10 Opinion Piece: By ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson - Economy Loses in Focus Group War - The Australian_24-25 July 2010 Letter to the Editor: ACCI Economics and Industry Policy Director Greg Evans - "Gillard Needs to Rule out CGT Threat" - Australian Financial Review - 22/7/10 Opinion Piece: by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson - "We Can't Afford to Lose Our Way" - Australian Financial Review - 28/6/10 Opinion Piece: ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson - A fair go for small business gives a healthy boost to society and the economy - 9/4/10 Opinion Piece: ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson - Back to the Bad Old Days of the Strikebound Nation - The Australian - 14/01/10 Opinion Piece: ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson published in the Australian 1 January 2010 "Put the champers away and ring in the New IR" - 01/01/10 2009 Opinion Piece: ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson published in the Weekend Australian 26-27 December 2009 "Failure a Path to New Goals" - 26/12/09 Transcript: Chamber Chief Opens Door To Dialogue - Weekend Australian - 19/12/09 Letter to the Editor: ACCI Economics and Industry Policy Director Greg Evans - ACCI Warns of 'Green Inflation'- Australian Financial Review- 19/11/09 Opinion Piece: ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson published in the Australian Financial Review - 28 October 2008 "Australian Building and Construction Commission" - 28/10/09 Letter to the Editor: ACCI Economics and Industry Policy Director Greg Evans - "Reluctant Banks a Brake on Recovery"- Australian Financial Review- 22/10/09 Opinion Piece: ACCI Economics and Industry Policy Director Greg Evans- 'ETS Shouldn't be Only Game in Town' The Australian -20/10/09 Opinion Piece: ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson - 'Award Modernisation' The Australian - 29/9/09 Opinion Piece: ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson - 'The G20 and Small Business' The Age - 25/9/09 ACCI Briefing: ACTU’s ‘Facts’ Undermine OHS Debate - 8/9/09 Opinion Piece: ACCI OHS Harmonisation Article - 5/8/09 Opinion Piece: ACCI Acting Chief Executive Greg Evans - "Awards Must Take Business into Account" Newcastle Herald - 11/6/09 Opinion Piece: ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson - "Modern Awards Will Kill Off Jobs" The Australian - 15/5/09 2008 Opinion Piece: ACCI Director of Workplace Policy, Scott Barklamb - "Fair Work Bill could be fairer for employers" The Age - 27/11/08 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson as published in the Australian - Government IR changes- 19/11/08 Opinion Piece: by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson on a National Industrial Relations System as published in the "Australian Financial Review"-27/8/08 Opinion Piece: by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Anderson and ACTU President Sharan Burrow “United Front to Weather Change” as published in the Australian Financial Review - 17/6/08 Opinion Piece: by ACCI Trade and International Affairs Policy Director Daniel Tehan "Dangers in Unilateral CO2 Action" as published in the Australian Financial Review - 5/6/08 Opinion Piece By Peter Anderson, Workplace Policy Director " Balance Part Of Industrial Bargain" As Published in The Sydney Morning Herald- 4/1/08 2007 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy-"Everyone Wins With These Cuts" As Published in the The Australian Financial Review - Tax Cuts - 17/10/07 Letter to the Editor by Econtech Director Chris Murphy - "Econtech Modelling on IR Defended" - 1/9/07 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian - "Tear Up ALP's IR Plan, Not WorkChoices" - 31/8/07 Letter to the Editor by Econtech Director Chris Murphy - "We Are Independent" - 30/8/07 Opinion Piece by Econtech Director Chris Murphy - "Econtech's Estimates are Conservative, Not Exaggerated" - 24/8/07 Letter to the Editor by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian - "Econtech Report No Red Herring" - 23/8/07 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - ALP Workplace Relations Policy -1/6/07 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - ALP Workplace Relations Policy -1/6/07 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Daily Telegraph - "Heavy Hand of Regulation will Crush Jobs" - 19/4/07 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian - "WorkChoices Proves to be a Fair Go for All" - 27/3/07 2006 Letter to the Editor by ACCI Workplace Policy Director Peter Anderson - "High Court Ruling is Good for Business" - 17/11/06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian - "Battlers Will Pay for Wages Blunder" - 27/10/06 Letter to the Editor by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian Financial Review - "Keating's Version of Political History" - 29/9/06 Letter to the Editor by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian Financial Review - "IR Laws a Job Well Done" - 24/9/06 Letter to the Editor by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian Financial Review - "ACCI Not Shy In Its Criticism" - 18/9/06 Letter to the Editor by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Age - "WorkChoices" - 6/9/06 Letter to the Editor by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian - "Support for Modest Pay Rise" - 2/8/06 Opinion Piece by Workplace Policy Director Peter Anderson for The Australian Financial Review - "Review is Only Hope for Compensation" - 1/8/06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for The Age - "Talk is Fine, But More Action Needed" - 14/7/06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Healthier Companies Mean Safer Jobs" - 10/7/06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Sydney Morning Herald - "ALP AWA Policy" - 13/6/06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Workplace Policy Director Peter Anderson for the Australian Financial Review - "Penalty Rates Past Their Use-By Date" - 5/6/06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for The Australian Financial Review - "2006 Budget" - 11/5/06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for The Australian - "Tax Cuts Not Good Enough" - 13/4/06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "A Second Wave of Tax Reform is Vital" - 11/4/ 06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Sydney Morning Herald - "Historic Changes Will Benefit Employers and Employees" - 27/3/06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Courier Mail - "No Cause to Worry When IR Laws Kick In" - 24/3/06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Flexibility for Employers at Last" - 21/3/06 Opinion Piece by ACCI Director of Economics and Taxation Michael Potter for The Australian - "Give Taxpayers the Permanent Benefit of Reform" - 28/2/06 2005 Letter to the Editor of The Australian by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy - "Tax Reform" - 13/12/05 Letter to the Editor of The Australian Financial Review by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy - "Capital Gains Tax" - 12/12/05 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Protectionists will Trade on Weakness" - 12/12/05 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Call for Work Guarantees Helps No One" - 17/10/05 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Campaign of Envy Doesn't Create Jobs" - 4/10/05 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for The Australia - "Twenty Years of Taxation Reforms" - 20/9/05 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Sensible Negotiation is the Key" - 25/8/05 Letter to the Editor of the Australian Financial Review by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy - "Employing Apprentices" - 12/8/05 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the The Australian - Workplace Relations Reform" - 7/7/05 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Adelaide Advertiser - "Unions Campaign to Scare Workplace" - 29/6/05 Opinion Piece by ACCI Workplace Relations Manager Scott Barklamb for the Australian Financial Review - "Long May Arcane AIRC Rest" - 8/6/05 Letter to the Editor of The Age by ACCI Workplace Relations Manager Scott Barklamb - "National Workplace Relations Reform" - 2/6/05 Letter to the Editor of The Age by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy - Work and Family Test Case - 24/1/05 2004 Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for The Australian - "Tax Reform is Not Just Desirable - It's Necessary" - 16/11/04 Opinion Piece for The Australia by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive on the Workplace Relations Forward Agenda - "Stage is Set for Sounder IR Future" - 19/10/04 Opinion Piece for the Courier Mail by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive on the Work and Family Test Case - "Businesses Reject 'One Size Fits All' Line" - 2/9/04 Opinion Piece for the Daily Telegraph by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Should Small Business be Exempt from Paying Redundancy to Retrenched Workers?" - 27/5/04 Opinion Piece for the Business Review Weekly by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "New Ways of Working" - 27/5/04 Opinion Piece for the Bulletin Magazine by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Should there be a Compulsory Age for Retirement" - 26/5/04 Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Tweaking Needed to Balance the TPA Seesaw" - 15/4/04 Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Cock-A-Hoop, but it's a False Dawn on Redundancy" - 29/3/04 Opinion Piece for The Daily Telegraph by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Should Unions be able to Charge Non-Unionists a Fee for Negotiating Wage Increases?" - 18/3/04 Opinion Piece for HR Monthly Magazine by Peter Anderson, Director, Workplace Policy - "Casual Employment and ALP Policy" - March 2004 Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Anderson, Director of Workplace Policy - "Work:Taking a More Casual Approach" - 25/2/04 Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Minimum Wage Must be a True Safety Net" - 20/1/04 2003 Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Reputex Short on Credibility as Objective Measure" - 26/11/03 Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Big Rewards in Trade Agreement with China" - 28/10/03 Opinion Piece for the BRW Magazine by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Cancun Can't, US Can" - 22/10/03 Opinion Piece for the West Australian by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Nailing Construction Industry Rorts" - 30/9/03 Opinion Piece for The Australian by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Priorities at the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Cancun" - 5/9/03 Opinion Piece for the Financial Review By Dr Steven Kates, Chief Economist - "Thinking About Interest Rates and the RBA" - 3/9/003 Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Infrastructure: a National Issue, by any Gauge" - 29/8/03 Opinion Piece for the Adelaide Advertiser by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Bargains Must be Drawn by Both Sides" - 13/8/03 Opinion Piece by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive, to the Australian Financial Review - "Bold Approach Will Pay Off in Trade Deal" - 24/7/03 Editorial Comment by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive to the Herald Sun - "Trade Opportunity of a Lifetime" - 23/7/03 Editorial comment by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive, to the Australian Financial Review - "Business Keen on Education Reform” - 8/4/03 Editorial Comment by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive, to the Daily Telegraph, “Boosting Skills” - 11/4/03 Australia Can Weather the Global Storm - Extract by Peter Hendy – Australian Financial Review - 6/1/03 2002 ACCI Article on Paid Maternity Leave for ABC Online - September 2002 Australian Financial Review Article - Working Hours - August 2002 Editorial for the Queensland Independent - Business Supports Higher Immigration - 30/7/02
2010
2009
2008
2007
Letter to the Editor by Econtech Director Chris Murphy - "Econtech Modelling on IR Defended" - 1/9/07
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian - "WorkChoices Proves to be a Fair Go for All" - 27/3/07
2006
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian - "Battlers Will Pay for Wages Blunder" - 27/10/06
Letter to the Editor by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian Financial Review - "ACCI Not Shy In Its Criticism" - 18/9/06
Letter to the Editor by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Age - "WorkChoices" - 6/9/06
Letter to the Editor by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy to The Australian - "Support for Modest Pay Rise" - 2/8/06
Opinion Piece by Workplace Policy Director Peter Anderson for The Australian Financial Review - "Review is Only Hope for Compensation" - 1/8/06
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for The Age - "Talk is Fine, But More Action Needed" - 14/7/06
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Healthier Companies Mean Safer Jobs" - 10/7/06
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Sydney Morning Herald - "ALP AWA Policy" - 13/6/06
Opinion Piece by ACCI Workplace Policy Director Peter Anderson for the Australian Financial Review - "Penalty Rates Past Their Use-By Date" - 5/6/06
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for The Australian Financial Review - "2006 Budget" - 11/5/06
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for The Australian - "Tax Cuts Not Good Enough" - 13/4/06
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "A Second Wave of Tax Reform is Vital" - 11/4/ 06
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Sydney Morning Herald - "Historic Changes Will Benefit Employers and Employees" - 27/3/06
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Courier Mail - "No Cause to Worry When IR Laws Kick In" - 24/3/06
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Flexibility for Employers at Last" - 21/3/06
Opinion Piece by ACCI Director of Economics and Taxation Michael Potter for The Australian - "Give Taxpayers the Permanent Benefit of Reform" - 28/2/06
2005
Letter to the Editor of The Australian by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy - "Tax Reform" - 13/12/05
Letter to the Editor of The Australian Financial Review by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy - "Capital Gains Tax" - 12/12/05
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Protectionists will Trade on Weakness" - 12/12/05
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Call for Work Guarantees Helps No One" - 17/10/05
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Campaign of Envy Doesn't Create Jobs" - 4/10/05
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for The Australia - "Twenty Years of Taxation Reforms" - 20/9/05
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Australian Financial Review - "Sensible Negotiation is the Key" - 25/8/05
Letter to the Editor of the Australian Financial Review by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy - "Employing Apprentices" - 12/8/05
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the The Australian - Workplace Relations Reform" - 7/7/05
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for the Adelaide Advertiser - "Unions Campaign to Scare Workplace" - 29/6/05
Opinion Piece by ACCI Workplace Relations Manager Scott Barklamb for the Australian Financial Review - "Long May Arcane AIRC Rest" - 8/6/05
Letter to the Editor of The Age by ACCI Workplace Relations Manager Scott Barklamb - "National Workplace Relations Reform" - 2/6/05
Letter to the Editor of The Age by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy - Work and Family Test Case - 24/1/05
2004
Opinion Piece by ACCI Chief Executive Peter Hendy for The Australian - "Tax Reform is Not Just Desirable - It's Necessary" - 16/11/04
Opinion Piece for The Australia by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive on the Workplace Relations Forward Agenda - "Stage is Set for Sounder IR Future" - 19/10/04
Opinion Piece for the Courier Mail by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive on the Work and Family Test Case - "Businesses Reject 'One Size Fits All' Line" - 2/9/04
Opinion Piece for the Daily Telegraph by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Should Small Business be Exempt from Paying Redundancy to Retrenched Workers?" - 27/5/04
Opinion Piece for the Business Review Weekly by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "New Ways of Working" - 27/5/04
Opinion Piece for the Bulletin Magazine by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Should there be a Compulsory Age for Retirement" - 26/5/04
Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Tweaking Needed to Balance the TPA Seesaw" - 15/4/04
Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Cock-A-Hoop, but it's a False Dawn on Redundancy" - 29/3/04
Opinion Piece for The Daily Telegraph by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Should Unions be able to Charge Non-Unionists a Fee for Negotiating Wage Increases?" - 18/3/04
Opinion Piece for HR Monthly Magazine by Peter Anderson, Director, Workplace Policy - "Casual Employment and ALP Policy" - March 2004
Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Anderson, Director of Workplace Policy - "Work:Taking a More Casual Approach" - 25/2/04
Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Minimum Wage Must be a True Safety Net" - 20/1/04
2003
Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Reputex Short on Credibility as Objective Measure" - 26/11/03
Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Big Rewards in Trade Agreement with China" - 28/10/03
Opinion Piece for the BRW Magazine by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Cancun Can't, US Can" - 22/10/03
Opinion Piece for the West Australian by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Nailing Construction Industry Rorts" - 30/9/03
Opinion Piece for The Australian by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Priorities at the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Cancun" - 5/9/03
Opinion Piece for the Financial Review By Dr Steven Kates, Chief Economist - "Thinking About Interest Rates and the RBA" - 3/9/003
Opinion Piece for the Australian Financial Review by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Infrastructure: a National Issue, by any Gauge" - 29/8/03
Opinion Piece for the Adelaide Advertiser by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive - "Bargains Must be Drawn by Both Sides" - 13/8/03
Opinion Piece by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive, to the Australian Financial Review - "Bold Approach Will Pay Off in Trade Deal" - 24/7/03
Editorial Comment by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive to the Herald Sun - "Trade Opportunity of a Lifetime" - 23/7/03
Editorial comment by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive, to the Australian Financial Review - "Business Keen on Education Reform” - 8/4/03
Editorial Comment by Peter Hendy, Chief Executive, to the Daily Telegraph, “Boosting Skills” - 11/4/03
2002
ACCI Article on Paid Maternity Leave for ABC Online - September 2002
Editorial for the Queensland Independent - Business Supports Higher Immigration - 30/7/02
