The Business Council of Australia has enviable, high-level access in Canberra’s halls of power. Unfortunately, that hasn’t translated into meaningful policy influence to help fix Australia’s low growth, falling productivity, high inflation and falling per-capita GDP.It is a problem that is largely not of the BCA’s own making. The essential challenge the 43-year-old lobby group confronts is that its values are at odds with the government of the day. The BCA’s promotion of private sector-led prosperity through policies that encourage growth clashes with much of modern Labor’s political model – based on bigger government, redistributive policies and entrenched budget deficits.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles