COAG's Regulatory and Competition Reform Agenda: A high level assessment of the gains

Commission research paper

This paper was released on 3 August 2012. The Productivity Commission was requested to conduct a 'preliminary high-level review' of sixteen areas of reform identified by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) at its April 2012 meeting.

The Commission's paper was provided on 29 June 2012 to the cross jurisdictional Taskforce established to advise COAG on the development of a National Productivity Compact between governments and business associations.

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Preliminaries (PDF - 347 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Letter of transmittal, Foreword and Contents
Introduction and summary (PDF - 239 Kb)
Chapter 1 Environmental regulation (PDF - 181 Kb)
Chapter 2 Streamlining the process of approvals for major projects (PDF - 179 Kb)
Chapter 3 Carbon reduction and energy efficiency schemes (PDF - 142 Kb)
Chapter 4 Energy reforms to reduce costs (PDF - 177 Kb)
Chapter 5 Improving assessment processes for 'low risk, low impact' developments (PDF - 201 Kb)
Chapter 6 Best practice approaches to regulation (PDF - 174 Kb)
Chapter 7 Government reporting obligations (PDF - 174 Kb)
Chapter 8 Future proofing regulatory reform (PDF - 179 Kb)
Chapter 9 Harmonisation of conduct requirements (PDF - 166 Kb)
Chapter 10 Further reforms to occupational licensing (PDF - 172 Kb)
Chapter 11 Harmonisation of explosives legislation (PDF - 134 Kb)
Chapter 12 National Construction Code (PDF - 170 Kb)
Chapter 13 Land transport reform (PDF - 179 Kb)
Chapter 14 Government services reform options (PDF - 176 Kb)
Chapter 15 Urban water (PDF - 176 Kb)
Chapter 16 Reforming business and State taxes (PDF - 170 Kb)
Appendix A Directions letter (PDF - 226 Kb)
References (PDF - 209 Kb)

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