I’m contacting you to urge you to back Australian businesses in the upcoming election.

The past few years of global pandemic have left our economy needing support from the Federal Government. I stand with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in saying we need to help our budding businesses flourish by getting these eight policies across the line:

1. Retaining the 20% tax deduction bonus for small business to improve their digital capability and upskill their workforce is a must not just for the next year or two but beyond.

2. The temporary full expensing measure needs to be extended at least until 2025 to help drive economic activity.

3. To address the massive increase in business insurance costs, the government needs to conduct a formal and comprehensive review of business insurance with the aim of improving insurance affordability.

4. To address the complexity of regulation, the government needs to increase its investment in technology (RegTech) to reduce the time spent by SMEs on compliance.

5. The Australian Government needs to reduce cross-agency duplication in workplace regulation.

6. We need the Government to improve SME access to risk capital through loan guarantees and private-public partnerships.

7. Australia needs a better framework for business support in times of disaster or pandemic.

8. The emission reduction efforts of SMEs should be better recognised and rewarded.

I urge you to speak about these issues in Parliament and in the media to help establish changes that ensure the prosperity of not just businesses, but all Australians.

I’m contacting you to urge you to back Australian skills in the upcoming election.

The past few years of global pandemic have left our economy needing support from our Federal Government. I stand with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in saying we need to help close the skills gap by getting these four policies across the line:

1. We need to increase skilled talent by ensuring funding for an additional 400,000 vocational education and training students each year.

2. Lock in long-term investment in apprenticeships with wage subsidies at a new level of 30% for 12 months for trade apprenticeships and six months for one-year traineeships.

3. The second-year apprentice wage support needs to stay, aiding businesses in retaining trade apprentices with a 15% wage subsidy.

4. The complexity and cost of our migration program need to be cut and the number of permanent skilled migrants increased to 200,000 for the next two years.

I urge you to speak about these issues in Parliament and in the media to help establish changes that ensure the prosperity of not just businesses, but all Australians.

I’m contacting you to urge you to back Australian sustainability in the upcoming election.

The past few years of global pandemic have left our economy needing support from our Federal Government. I stand with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in saying we need to help Australia’s industries become more sustainable by getting these six policies across the line:

1. Australia needs to stay on target for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 with a focus on technology and innovation.

2. We need to keep energy prices low through a technology-neutral approach to future electricity generation, supply and exports.

3. To help achieve greater certainty, we need to integrate Australia’s long term emissions reduction plan with its energy policy.

4. The Government needs to further increase the incentives for R&D and innovation in renewable energy and storage, including lithium batteries and hydrogen.

5. Australia should adopt a least-cost voluntary emissions abatement scheme using a market-based approach.

6. To avoid trade disputes and prevent global economic implications, Australia needs to remain opposed in the international arena to trade protectionism arising from carbon border adjustment mechanisms.

I urge you to speak about these issues in Parliament and in the media to help establish changes that ensure the prosperity of not just businesses, but all Australians.

I’m contacting you to urge you to back Australian growth in the upcoming election.

The past few years of global pandemic have left our economy needing support from our Federal Government. I stand with the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in saying we need to help Aussie businesses grow by getting these four policies across the line:

1. Larger-scale business investments need to be encouraged with a 20% broad-based investment allowance.

2. The patent box needs to be extended to cover all industries as well as increased direct support for R&D in the form of grants and subsidies.

3. To make Australian businesses more competitive in the international market, we need to reduce the company tax rate to 25% for all businesses.

4. The maximum enterprise agreement term for large-scale projects needs to be extended to six years to help Australia secure a larger share of global investment.

I urge you to speak about these issues in Parliament and in the media to help establish changes that ensure the prosperity of not just businesses, but all Australians.