International Law

Government proposes further regulatory reforms

By David Jacobson

The Government has released its Response to the OECD Report ? Towards a Seamless National Economy, 2009 Review of Regulatory Reform: Australia .

The Australian Government ’s response includes:

?further improving the Australian Government?s engagement with business to identify regulatory reform opportunities and concerns through establishing a formal consultation forum with business and using web 2.0 technologies;
?subject to the agreement of state and territory governments, developing approaches to identifying and managing new regulatory proposals at the local level which could affect the operation of national markets;
?a number of initiatives to improve the effectiveness of regulatory impact assessment; and
?enhancing the transparency of regulation?making by requiring regulatory agencies to report publicly on how they will ensure regulations do not impose unnecessary costs on business.

Full post as published by Australian Regulatory Compliance Review on February 15, 2010 (boomark / email).