Vic Survey: Victoria Worst Place in Australia to Do Business

[Caesar]

Victoria is the hardest place in Australia to do business, says survey

National companies call it the highest-taxing state with the largest public sector and most red tape. Only 7 per cent praise Daniel Andrews’ government.

www.afr.com

Victoria has been ranked as the highest-taxing state with the largest public sector and most red tape, making it one of the hardest places in the country to do business, a damning new report finds.

More than half the national businesses polled said Victoria was the hardest state to do business in. Four out of five said they had difficulty accessing the labour and skills they needed and only 7per cent said the Andrews government was doing a good job of reducing the cost of doing business.

Victoria ranked sixth in labour productivity due to the low output per worker and hours worked, and seventh based on the average number of permits to start a business (the lowest excluding the ACT).

Victoria also ranked last in terms of the largest public service – a five-year average of the population employed in the public sector as a proportion of the total employed population – and more than 80 per cent of respondents said the culture of government regulators was a barrier to doing business.

Not good. What do Victorians think is the best way to fix this?

 

[Gough]

Subtext, Vic would be better if some clueless dolt like Tim Smith was in charge and he let us do what we want. Honestly business in Victoria has behaved like Sarah Bernardt over the last couple of years, you'd think they were the only ones who were going through all this.

 

[Baltimore Jack]

Alternate: Vic a great place to get a job if you are a worker

 

[Caesar]

Alternate: Vic a great place to get a job if you are a worker

Third highest unemployment rate in the country too, only ACT and QLD are worse

 

[Baltimore Jack]

Third highest unemployment rate in the country too, only ACT and QLD are worse

Where the statistical difference between the best and worse is insignificant

 

[Caesar]

Where the statistical difference between the best and worse is insignificant

I doubt those extra unemployed people think they’re insignificant

Shame on you

 

[Baltimore Jack]

I doubt those extra unemployed people think they’re insignificant

Shame on you

Maybe you could enlighten me.....I'm assuming you have been for most of your adult life

 

[Caesar]

Maybe you could enlighten me.....I'm assuming you have been for most of your adult life

Victorian? Fortunately no

 

[jake123]

victoria , always been if labor in power , bloat the public service payroll, stifle private business, run up huge debt. its the rinse and repeat cycle down here and always will be because the state is full of lefty nongs who know no better unfortunately

 

[The Punter]

Attacking the source rather than the content is Trumpian.

 

[Not Important]

paywalled. hopefully someone will fact check it cos the author is a 'reagonomics' man.

 

[Mofra]

As a blanket rule I oppose 'disincentive' takes like payroll tax so to answer the OP that would be a good place to start.

I'd like more information on the 'permits' required to start a business. I've got my own ABN but apart from proof of personal indemnity insurance that I've been asked about once in 9 years I've never been asked about anything else.

 

[mighty tiges]

Third highest unemployment rate in the country too, only ACT and QLD are worse

4.2% is hardly bad. As a Dec. figure it was also trending down as we exited the delta lockdown. NSW has a similar trajectory. Prior to delta, Victoria was the state with the lowest unemployment rate (only the territories were lower).

Also unlike NSW, Victoria has one of the best participation rates (only behind NT & WA) and employment to population ratios (only behind WA & both territories) in the country.

 

[Stan_Darsh72]

Bossiness should consider pulling themselves up by the bootstraps.

 

[Pie eyed]

Victoria is the hardest place in Australia to do business, says survey

National companies call it the highest-taxing state with the largest public sector and most red tape. Only 7 per cent praise Daniel Andrews’ government.

www.afr.com

Not good. What do Victorians think is the best way to fix this?

You know that if you do a survey absolutely anytime, anywhere about any topic in Australia, somewhere will be the worst, in whatever category you nominate.
There will never ever not be a place which ranks "worst" even if the "survey" is not fundamentally biased in it's points of reference and/or actually constructed to get a certain outcome.

 

[Caesar]

You know that if you do a survey absolutely anytime, anywhere about any topic in Australia, somewhere will be the worst, in whatever category you nominate.

Yep - Victoria

 

[Maggie5]

Victoria is the hardest place in Australia to do business, says survey

National companies call it the highest-taxing state with the largest public sector and most red tape. Only 7 per cent praise Daniel Andrews’ government.

www.afr.com

Not good. What do Victorians think is the best way to fix this?

I clicked open all the hyperlinks and couldn't find any of the questions asked or who they asked.

Victoria is the hardest place in Australia to do business, says survey

National companies call it the highest-taxing state with the largest public sector and most red tape. Only 7 per cent praise Daniel Andrews’ government.

www.afr.com

Victoria now the highest taxing state for business

BeyondBlue founder and former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett warns a $2.9 billion mental health levy on business will drive out jobs and investment.

www.afr.com

These are the easiest places in the world to do business

The World Bank's annual Doing Business report looks at the economies at the top and the fastest risers.

www.weforum.org

This seems just an opinion piece.

 

[Maggie5]

Attacking the source rather than the content is Trumpian.

Do you always accept content at face value?

 

[Father Jack]

I doubt those extra unemployed people think they’re insignificant

Shame on you

Yeah, because that's exactly what the poster was saying

 

[Blue Arrow]

Zero surprise.
Victoria - The State To Leave.

 

[owen87]

As a blanket rule I oppose 'disincentive' takes like payroll tax so to answer the OP that would be a good place to start.

Payroll tax is idiotic.

YOU EMPLOY MORE PEOPLE SO PAY US EXTRA MONEY FOR REDUCING THE WELFARE BURDEN

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Payroll tax is idiotic.

YOU EMPLOY MORE PEOPLE SO PAY US EXTRA MONEY FOR REDUCING THE WELFARE BURDEN

first tax that has to go during any major reworking of our tax system

unfortunately the states are running out of revenue mechanisms though

 

[Elroo]

Payroll tax is idiotic.

YOU EMPLOY MORE PEOPLE SO PAY US EXTRA MONEY FOR REDUCING THE WELFARE BURDEN

Yep its one of the taxes that was meant to go with the original GST introduction. Unfortunately it's remained to this day due to the negotiations with the Democrats, and no government has been willing to touch taxation reform since.

 

[owen87]

unfortunately the states are running out of revenue mechanisms though

So are councils. Saw the parking inspector frantically taking number plates at 8:04am in a parking zone that starts at 8:00am.