A few words about the Australian Services Roundtable  The peak business body and voice of the services sector  Sectors covered (4/5 of employment and GDP) include financial services, communications & IT services, education, health, tourism, professional & technical services, energy services, transport, logistics, environmental services, audiovisual, entertainment, cultural services, product-related services etc  Member of Global Services Coalition  A key objective is to identify the regulatory obstacles to international competitiveness and promote the need for domestic regulatory reform to enhance Australian export performance  because inefficient regulation means excessive compliance burden which adds to costs, inhibits innovation and constrains competitiveness - too often the domestic regime crowds out our pursuit of export opportunities  The peak business body and voice of the services sector  Sectors covered (4/5 of employment and GDP) include financial services, communications & IT services, education, health, tourism, professional & technical services, energy services, transport, logistics, environmental services, audiovisual, entertainment, cultural services, product-related services etc  Member of Global Services Coalition  A key objective is to identify the regulatory obstacles to international competitiveness and promote the need for domestic regulatory reform to enhance Australian export performance  because inefficient regulation means excessive compliance burden which adds to costs, inhibits innovation and constrains competitiveness - too often the domestic regime crowds out our pursuit of export opportunities
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