Growth without fairness: Corporate Australia needs to face inequality crisis

As policymakers begin to confront inequality, the response from corporate Australia reveals a telling divide, writes Carl Rhodes. AFTER DECADES OF RISING inequality, economic fairness is finally back on the political agenda thanks to Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ Economic Reform Roundtable. Business backs itselfAs policymakers begin to confront inequality, the response from corporate Australia reveals a telling divide. A coalition of 27 groups representing the business, investment and university communities made a joint submission to the Roundtable, clearly describing their position. It’s time for business to choose: growth with fairness, or continued complicity in Australia’s inequality crisis.