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Activities & Achievements | January Activities & Achievements & January – March 2018 Achievements January – March 2018 Highlights CEO: James Pearson The first quarter of 2018 has seen the Australian Chamber busy Meetings included the Prime Minister’s office, Deputy Prime advocating on tax reform, skills and training, and energy, as well as Minister Hon Michael McCormack MP, the Assistant Minister to the leading the counter-argument to the ACTU’s campaigns against Treasurer, Hon Michael Sukkar MP, the Minister for Citizenship and business. Multicultural Affairs, Hon Alan Tudge MP, the Assistant Minister for We have been busy in our political engagement, hosting, networking Vocational Education and Skills, Hon Karen Andrews MP, and Shadow and meeting with all sides of politics as we advocate for members. We Treasurer, Hon Chris Bowen MP. hosted panel discussions with the Minister for the Environment and We lobbied National Party Ministers and MPs; Home Affairs Minister Energy, Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, the Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation, Hon Craig Laundy MP, Hon Peter Dutton MP; and cross benchers from One Nation, NXT, the Shadow Treasurer, Hon Chris Bowen MP, the Shadow Minister Liberal Democrats and Independent Senator Tim Storer. for Employment and Workplace Relations, Hon Brendan O’Connor MP, and the Shadow Assistant Minister for Preventing Family Violence; “Australians will be left behind if the Shadow Assistant Minister for Universities; and Shadow Assistant unions succeed with a scare campaign Minister for Equality, Terri Butler MP. to drive a wedge between employers We facilitated a series of roundtables for members with Shadow Trade, and employees and drag down small Resources and Northern Australia Minister Hon Jason Clare MP in business along the way.” Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. James Pearson, CEO The Australian Tourism Export Council, Australian Trucking Association and Primerus joined as Industry Association members, bringing our total industry association membership to 75, whilst the Business Leaders Council membership increased to 63 as we welcomed Eftpos and Gallagher. We featured prominently in the media. This included my appearance on the ABC’s Q&A program, where I put the Australian Chamber’s case for business in debate with ACTU Secretary Sally McManus, prominent economist Chris Richardson, former AiG head Heather Ridout, and Crikey founder Stephen Mayne. Duncan Bremner (Director, Public Affairs & Advocacy) and Emily Kennelly (Adviser, Public Affairs & Advocacy) joined our secretariat. James Pearson and Sally McManus with Tony Jones on Q&A in February We also farewelled several staff. www.australianchamber.com.au | 02 6270 8000 | Twitter: @AusChamber Working for business. Working for Australia Activities & Achievements January – March 2018 Economics, Industry & Sustainability Director: Adam Carr Chair: Mark Stone The Economics, Industry and Sustainability unit hit the ground running in the first quarter of 2018. We facilitated a panel discussion with Minister Josh Frydenberg at an Australian Chamber event, where we explored the government’s proposed National Energy Guarantee and future energy policy goals. Throughout the March quarter, we consulted members to work through Hon Chris Bowen MP, Federal Shadow Treasurer at the ‘Fair Share’ book solutions to Australia’s current energy crisis and advocated for change launch in March during our meetings with Minister Josh Frydenberg’s office. We also facilitated a roundtable discussion with the Prime Minister’s office and a panel discussion at the book launch of ‘Fair Employment, Education & Share’ with Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen and authors Stephen Bell Training and Michael Keating. Director: Jenny Lambert Chair: Denita Wawn We met with Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen’s office andAssistant Minister to the Treasurer Michael Sukkar’s office to discuss a The first quarter of 2018 was busy. We made submissions tothe number of economic issues. Department of Education and Training on Training Product Reform, Unduly Short Courses and In-home Care National Guidelines. We We continued to lobby for corporate tax cuts and broader tax reform testified before theSenate Education and Employment Legislation through our meetings with the Prime Minister’s and Treasurer’s office, Committee regarding our position on the Migration Amendment One Nation, Senate crossbenchers and the Xenophon Team. (Skilling Australians Fund) Bill 2017 and Charges Bill 2017. We made submissions to the Department of Home Affairs on permanent We discussed small business issues as a member of small business migration intake and temporary skilled migration settings and provided councils facilitated by private organisations, consulted members to comments to the Office of the Chief Scientist on STEM Industry and identify the key policy priorities for small businesses in 2018 and School Partnerships. participated in a discussion with Mark Bouris, Chairman, Small Business Digital Taskforce. We actively engaged with Assistant Minister Andrews and with the Department of Education and Training on the Skilling Australians Fund We attended the launch of the new Sydney Joint Cyber Security Centre Partnership Agreement negotiations, and wrote to the Treasurer by the Minister for Law Enforcement and Cyber Security Angus to seek certainty of the SAF funding. We also met with Minister Taylor, completed a submission to the government’s inquiry into the Tudge and were involved in the consultation process undertaken by trade system and digital economy, and a submission to the inquiry into the Department of Home Affairs on the new Global Talent Scheme the government’s role in the development of cities. visa and advocated for small and niche businesses to be included in the scheme. We worked with the Department of Jobs and Small Business Major reform of our most inefficient (Employment) on skilled migration occupation lists to advocate against taxes could boost Australia’s national a review of the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) visa. We income, by billions of dollars a year. Tax have also engaged with Minister Sukkar’s office to highlight the need reform is difficult. But with the right for resources allocation for a major review of List of Occupations (ANZSCO) to be undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. policy settings and an appetite for meaningful change it can be achieved. This quarter we continued our involvement in the Employment Services Expert Advisory Panel; Disability Employment Services Transition Adam Carr, Director - Economics & Industry Policy Reference Group; Industry Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Employment; the VET Student Loans Advisory Group (as Chair); the Career Education Working Group; and the Board of Manufacturing Skills Australia. www.australianchamber.com.au | 02 6270 8000 | Twitter: @AusChamber Working for business. Working for Australia Activities & Achievements January – March 2018 Our international Trade Support Officer, Tom Stobo, has been supporting Trade & International Affairs members to rollout ChamberEDGE, a digital platform for issuing Director: Bryan Clark Chair: Peter Hood Certificates of Origin to Australian exporters. Our international area continued to support businesses involved in Following the launch of the ALP’s trade policy last year, we assisted international trade through our regular participation committees including Shadow Minister Jason Clare with a series of business roundtable the National Trade Facilitation Committee and the International events in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane – each one hosted by the Trade Remedies Forum. State Chamber who facilitated local companies to talk with Jason about what the ALP can do to help them to succeed in international markets. President Jeremy Johnson led our participation in the Prime Minister’s ASEAN Special Summit SME Conference and CEO Forum along with side events hosted by the Australia – ASEAN Business Council. In the Tourism margins of these meetings Jeremy joined Greg Bicknell and Bryan Clark Director: Jenny Lambert Executive Chair: John Hart to meet the Prime Minister of Cambodia and signed an MoU with the This quarter has been successful with wins on the policy front and strong Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce to enhance trade between our two growth trends in the sector. Through the Chamber’s advocacy, tourism countries. and integrated activities are eligible for funding under the $272.2 Australian Vice President of the Confederation of Asia Pacific million Regional Growth Fund. In successive pre-budget submissions, Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI), Peter McMullin, the Chamber lobbied for an International Business Events Bid Fund participated in the CACCI delegation visit to Vietnam in April. Bryan Clark and the $12 million Business Events Bid Fund announced by the was a panel speaker at an event for new member, Primerus legal group, Tourism Minister was a win for our members in the events industry. speaking on issues of cross border compliance and disputes. To highlight the message that Tourism Works for Australia, we wrote In our International Chamber of Commerce activities, Chairman Peter to all 150 Federal Members of the House of Representatives highlighting Hood participated in the Tokyo meeting of Regional National Committees the extent of Tourism and Hospitality employment in their electorates. and an associated CEO Forum. We have also undertaken a renewal The Labor Friends of Tourism Reception at Parliament House was of members nominated to the ICC Court, Nominations Panel
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