The Gillard Governments plan to secure the nations economic future is underpinned by a broad productivity agenda centred on five pillars tax reform, skills and education, innovation, infrastructure and broadband and, the focus of this meeting, regulatory and competition reform.
This will be the second meeting of the Business Advisory Forum (BAF), ahead of the COAG meeting on Friday.
All states and territories will be represented at the BAF, with Premiers and Chief Ministers from the ACT, New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria attending.
Queensland and Western Australia will be represented by officers from their respective Departments of Premier and Cabinet.
Local Government will be represented by the President of the Australian Local Government Association.
Business leaders attending the meeting will be:
Mr Michael Fraser AGL Energy
Mr Innes Willox Australian Industry Group
Mr Peter Anderson Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mr Ross PillingBASF Australia
Ms Catherine Tanna BG Australia
Dr Marius Kloppers BHP Billiton
Dr Ian ThomasBoeing Australia & South Pacific
Mr Tony Shepherd AO Business Council of Australia
Mr Nigel McBride Business SA
Mr Peter Strong Council of Small Business of Australia
Mr Craig Arnold Dow Chemical Australia and New Zealand
Mr Dale Elphinstone Elphinstone
Mr Nick Leeder Google Australia
Mr David Crombie GRM International
Mr David Tudehope Macquarie Telecom
Mr Stephen Cartwright NSW Business Chamber
Mr Grant King Origin Energy
Mr David Peever Rio Tinto Australia
Mr Ann Pickard Shell
Ms Kerrie Mather Sydney Airport
Mr Grant OBrien Woolworths
Following the inaugural Business Advisory Forum in April, COAG agreed to an ambitious regulatory and competition reform agenda.This agenda included energy market reform, streamlining environmental regulation, major projects and development assessments and rationalising carbon reduction and energy efficiency schemes.
Progress on these issues will be discussed, along with ways in which all Governments can lift regulatory performance.
Leaders will also discuss Seamless National Economy reform priorities to reduce red-tape for business, increase productivity and enable an efficient economy where resources can move to where they can make the greatest economic contribution.
