Innes Willox

Melbourne

Chief Executive at Australian Industry Group

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Articles

Opinion: Genuine tax reform is urgent and essential

Jan 13, 2025 | aigroup.com.au | Innes Willox

By Innes Willox, Chief Executive, Australian Industry GroupAs published in The Australian - 14 January 2025Since the comprehensive Henry Tax Review of 2010, successive Australian governments have admired the problem of tax reform. Lots of talk and little action has happened since to boost our competitiveness, investment attractiveness and productivity and we are now paying the price.
Opinion: Tertiary education must serve nation, not universities' bottom line

Sep 9, 2024 | aigroup.com.au | Innes Willox

By Innes Willox, Chief Executive, Australian Industry GroupAs published in The Australian, 9 September 2024The furious response to the potential introduction of caps on international students has certainly been hard to miss. Our universities are very good at advocacy as you would expect from highly capable organisations run by highly capable people. But these voices need to be balanced with others in what is a complex and multi-faceted debate.
Nature and Knowledge is Not Enough

Sep 4, 2024 | asiasociety.org | Innes Willox

By Innes Willox, Chief Executive, Australian Industry GroupFor six decades, Australia has benefited enormously from the dynamism of Asia. As the region’s countries progressively went through the transformation of industrialisation and urbanisation, we have been ideally positioned to reap the rewards of economic partnership. Australia has developed world-class export industries – in resources, agriculture, technology and education – built specifically to service burgeoning Asian markets.
Opinion: Five fixes are called for to clean up the CFMEU

Aug 4, 2024 | aigroup.com.au | Innes Willox

As published in the Australian Financial ReviewAustralia has a once in a generation opportunity to rid our biggest construction union of ingrained criminal and corrupt conduct. We cannot afford to miss it.
Five fixes are called for to clean up the CFMEU

Aug 3, 2024 | afr.com | Innes Willox

Government-directed action through the administration process needs to involve far more than just weeding out CFMEU connections to organised crime. Removing criminality does not warrant accolades. Stories of a pattern of widespread bullying, thuggery, intimidation and misuse of power by the CFMEU in Australian workplaces are not new. Some of it may fall short of criminality, but it has been tolerated for far too long.
Opinion: Envisioning a future with eyes fixed on the past

Jun 19, 2024 | aigroup.com.au | Innes Willox

As published in The Australian, 20 June 2024By Innes Willox, Chief Executive of the national employer association Australian Industry Group"The two-faced Roman god, Janus, simultaneously looked backwards and forwards, supposedly longingly at the past and hopefully at the future. Sadly, Janus could be revived as a symbol of modern Australian governments as they struggle to ward off economic decline and build prosperity."
Industry Minister Ed Husic is stating the obvious about tax reform

May 29, 2024 | afr.com | Innes Willox

Federal Industry Minister Ed Husic deserves credit for breaking ranks and stating the obvious – without significant tax reform, including a cut to the corporate tax rate, Australia’s ambitions to be a globally competitive and innovative economy will come to naught. If we don’t get tax right, we don’t get our economy right. Talk of energy superpowers, futures made in Australia and other lofty ambitions are meaningless if our convoluted and outdated tax systems remain unfit for purpose.
Future Made in Australia Act - A positive direction that would benefit from cooperative partnerships

Apr 11, 2024 | pv-magazine-australia.com | Innes Willox

There is a welcome focus from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the vital need to address vulnerabilities to supply chain risks. Some areas of defence capability are clear examples of these vulnerabilities with other candidates in areas such as health products and essential materials. Making more things in Australia is one strategy to mitigate these risks. The Prime Minister’s commitment to better coordination of government action is another positive direction.
Opinion: Surface fleet strategy - Don't just dither, do it

Feb 20, 2024 | aigroup.com.au | Innes Willox

As published in The Advertiser (Adelaide), 21 February 2024It is the hope of industry that the Federal Government's newly released surface fleet strategy will provide much greater certainty and consistency for big parts of Australian defence industry, but successful implementation is critical.
Opinion: Intractable bargaining changes a one-way street to inflexibility

Feb 4, 2024 | aigroup.com.au | Innes Willox

As published in The Australian Financial Review, 5 February 2024