Ai GROUP STATEMENT In advance of the Western Australian Government’s 2019-20 Budget:

“Many local businesses continue to face tough and testing conditions and are concerned about a range of pressures which are hindering their ability to compete in national and global markets. These pressures include slow productivity growth, a high burden of regulation, and inadequate skills, especially STEM skills to support innovation and competitiveness. A growing number of industrial and commercial businesses also have urgent concerns about the steeply rising price of electricity and gas and the increasing challenges to reliable supply.”