THE AUSTRALIAN SURVEY 17/12/11 | ||
If you had the ability to make one change | ||
to improve the nation, what would it be? | ||
MOST CONSTRUCTIVELY ACCURATE, agreeable to ecinya | ||
Rob Murray Lion Nathan | A genuine debate on population, infrastructure, taxation | |
and the model by which we govern ourselves | ||
Patrick Snowball Suncorp Metway | Longer terms for governments | |
Mike Smith ANZ | Simplify and rationalise the tax system | |
Frank O’Halloran QBE | Greater control over (and reduced) government spending | |
Elmer Funke Kupper ASX | Radically reduce state and federal inefficiencies | |
Mark Selway Boral | Review Australia’s welfare system to put the country back | |
to work | ||
Terry Davis Coca Cola | Engage better with Asia | |
Doug Rathbone | A greater emphasis on Australian agriculture | |
Malcolm Jackman Elders | A sustainable plan for the Murray Darling basin | |
David Thodey Telstra | Less regulation and greater focus on productivity | |
across all industries | ||
Mike Wilkins IAG | Eliminate inefficient state taxes | |
Chris Lynch Transurban | Leadership | |
Mathew Grounds UBS | An election to produce a clear mandate | |
HELPFUL BUT A CONSEQUENCE OF OTHER ACTIONS | ||
Productivity | ||
Mike Hurst Bendigo & Adelaide Bank | Increased national productivity to allow broader | |
participation in wealth | ||
Tony Albanese Rio Tinto | To keep productivity at the front of the political agenda | |
Kerrie Mather MAP Airports | Improve national productivity | |
Mathew Quinn Stockland | Bipartisan support for planning reform | |
David Attenborough Tabcorp | Eliminate interstate rivalry and inconsistencies | |
Michael Cameron GPT | More effective infrastructure investment | |
James Fazzino Incitec Pivot | Develop world scale downstream industries on | |
the back of the resources boom | ||
Andrew Reitzer Metcash | Focus on industries to help after the mining boom | |
Nicholas Moore Macquarie | Reform of urban infrastructure | |
John Mullen Asciano | An economically viable dedicated rail network | |
Education | ||
Kim Williams News Ltd | Have the national direction united by education renewal | |
Richard Freudenstein Foxtel | Making our education system better | |
Tom Gorman Brambles | Increased focus on education and training | |
John Macfarlane Deutsche Bank | Recognise the value of education | |
Rob Priestely JPMorgan | Increase innovation and education investment | |
Other | ||
Graham Twartz Hills Industries | A modestly lower (say 10c) lower and relatively stable | |
Aussie dollar | ||
WISHFUL THINKING BUT NAÏVE, WOOLLY, |
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John Borghetti Virgin | A post resources boom growth plan | |
Bernie Brookes Myer | Policy vision, wealth and prosperity | |
Grant King Origin | Business & government work together on productivity | |
Ian Narev CBA | Genuine bipartisanship on key debates about | |
maximising the many opportunities to build a | ||
strong Australia for the long term | ||
Dominic Stevens Challenger | Policy debates triumphs politics and personalities | |
INTERESTING WORTH THINKING ABOUT | ||
David Dearie Treasury Wine estates | Invite more Scots in | |
David Livingstone Credit Suisse | Modern nuclear power | |
Richard Goyder Wesfarmers | Real progress in reconciliation with Aboriginal and | |
Torres Strait islanders | ||
Sue Morphett Pacific brands | Build a national program to reverse the obesity trend | |
Neville Power Fortesque | Show greater tolerance and understanding of the plight | |
of many aboriginal Australians | ||
Mike Young BC Iron | Make Janet Albrechtsen the PM for life | |
MOTHERHOOD, POSSIBLY SELF SERVING & SHALLOW, BUT? | ||
Craig Dunn AMP | Improve national pool of savings | |
David Knox santos | Create better conditions for the businesses that | |
provide the investment, jobs and wealth | ||
Ahmed Fahour Australia Post | Abetter perspective on what a wonderful place Australia | |
is | ||
David Flanagan Atlas Iron | Voters and politicians take a long-term approach to policy | |
Gail Kelly Westpac | Ensure superannuation and insurance become higher | |
priorities | ||
James McPhee ME Bank | That key stakeholders work collectively and | |
collaboratively to act in the best interests of the nation | ||
Grant O’Brien Woolworths | Increase economic confidence of Australian consumers | |
Chris Ryan Perpetual | We are too quick to criticise and need to grab the | |
opportunities before us | ||
Paul Zahra | Improved consumer confidence | |
NOT TERRIBLY INTERESTING | ||
Ahmed Fahour Australia Post | A better perspective on what a wonderful place Australia | |
is | ||
Alan Joyce Qantas | Make regular health checks compulsory | |
Paul O’Malley Bluescope | A Colorbond steel roof on every house | |
Paul O’Sullivan | Every school age child has a tablet | |
Mike Quigley NBN | For public debate to be grounded in reality rather than | |
scaremongering | ||
George Plummer Onesteel | Australia must realise it’s been lucky and needs to do | |
better |