Business Council of Australia’s CEO Jennifer Westacott says the private sector “has to deliver” on the challenges outlined by Treasurer Jim Chalmers in his recent 6,000-word essay.
“It’s the private sector, a market-driven economy, that’s going to deliver the jobs,” she told Sky News host Chris
Kenny.“It’s the private sector that over the last 40 years has delivered some of the best living standards in the world.”
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