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chief executive update

Work for a viable solution

The WorkCover scheme is broken and no longer fit for purpose. It needs to change in order to survive.

16 November 2023

policy and advocacy

Australian Chamber elects Mark Birrell as new President

The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has elected Mark Birrell AM as President.

16 November 2023

digital and cyber

Federal Government unveils 2030 cyber security strategy

The 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy is a roadmap aiming to make Australia a world leader in cyber security by 2030.

22 November 2023

international affairs

Reflections of Victoria’s first female Governor

The Honourable Linda Dessau AC CVO, former Governor of Victoria says her role taught her “how lucky we are” to be in Victoria, even if there’s a long way to go on social issues such as gender equality.

06 December 2023

health safety and wellbeing

Business Voice: Science and leadership with Prof. Sharon Lewin OAM

In Episode Five, Series Two of Business Voice, the Victorian Chamber hears from Professor Sharon Lewin OAM, an infectious diseases physician and scientist who is the inaugural Director of the Doherty Institute – and a driving force in the fight against global health challenges.

14 December 2023

education and training

Overcoming careers services challenges in Australia

This year the Victorian Chamber released a careers campaign addressing a lack of adequate career services for students, graduates and workers in Australia.

14 December 2023

economy

Business Voice: Exploring the global economy with John Denton AO

John Denton AO is the Secretary General for the International Chamber of Commerce and a distinguished figure in the business landscape.

22 December 2023

health safety and wellbeing

Consultation on proposed 2024 WorkCover regulations

Feedback is being sought on upcoming new regulations to support Victoria’s WorkCover scheme, which propose changes around compensation and self-insurance arrangements.

19 January 2024

international affairs

Melbourne to host Australia-Cambodia Business Forum

Registrations are open for the 2024 Australia-Cambodia Business Forum, to be held on 5 March in Melbourne.

29 January 2024

health safety and wellbeing

More than $16 million in safety fines in 2023

WorkSafe Victoria has revealed its prosecutions activity for the past year, reminding employers that they face serious legal consequences if they put employees at risk.

30 January 2024

innovation

Business trusted to lead on global innovation

The 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer has highlighted growing confidence in business despite a “collision of trust, innovation, and politics” in Australia and around the world.

31 January 2024

economy

Transformative State Budget needed for business prosperity

The Victorian Chamber’s 2024-25 State Budget submission outlines 44 policy recommendations across four focus areas to steer Victorian business through challenging economic times.  

State and Federal Budgets

06 February 2024

policy and advocacy

Business advocates for a transformative State Budget

The Victorian Chamber’s 2024-25 Victorian Budget submission calls for a stop to imposing additional costs on business, while empowering the private sector to launch our state into economic prosperity.

06 February 2024

policy and advocacy

Business focus on Regional growth and sustainability

The Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s 2024-25 State Budget Submission calls for a focus on catalysing economic growth and sustainability in Regional Victoria.

06 February 2024

health safety and wellbeing

Preventing work-related mental injuries

A workforce without injury and illness benefits both employees and employers. By taking proactive steps as an employer, you can keep your workplace safer, healthier and more productive.

20 February 2024

health safety and wellbeing

First industrial manslaughter conviction in Victoria

In a stark reminder to employers of their safety responsibilities, a stonemasonry business became the first company convicted under Victoria's workplace manslaughter laws, fined $1.3 million after causing the death of a worker who was fatally crushed at a Somerton factory.

22 February 2024


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