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Results of the CEDA/Business Spectator Big Issues survey for 2013 show that priority areas for the Federal Government should be enhancing productivity, competitiveness and innovation and taxation reform.
Results of the CEDA/Business Spectator Big Issues survey for 2013 reveal that priority areas for the Federal Government should be enhancing productivity, competitiveness and innovation and taxation reform.
More than 70 per cent of respondents agreed tax reform should happen in the first term of the new Federal Government and that priorities should be broadening the GST and reducing the tax rates for low income workers to encourage more people to work.
The top priorities to increase innovation were by providing tax breaks for innovative practices and by providing incentives to universities to work more closely with industry.
More than 68 per cent of respondents said automotive industry assistance should be lowered or removed completely, with the majority falling into the latter category.
Other key results were:
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