The Productivity Commission's report on regulatory burdens on the primary sector - released today - identifies a number of ways to reduce unnecessary burdens on farmers and miners and other primary sector producers arising from Commonwealth regulations. The report - Annual Review of Regulatory...

The Commission’s final report into chemicals and plastics regulation acknowledges that government intervention to manage risks associated with chemicals and plastics is warranted where benefits materially exceed costs. Chemicals regulations are generally grafted onto (differing) state and...

A report released by the Productivity Commission – Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation: Occupational Health and Safety – has identified significant differences in regulation and in the actions of regulators across the jurisdictions that are hard to justify. While OHS...

The Productivity Commission's research report responds to a request by the Australian Government to examine the contribution that national reform of building regulation has made and further reform could make to the performance of the building and construction industry. The research report was...

As part of the National Reform Agenda, COAG agreed to benchmark and report on the regulatory burden across all levels of government, with the aim of identifying unnecessary compliance costs, enhancing regulatory consistency across jurisdictions and reducing regulatory duplication and overlap....

The Productivity Commission's research report into 'Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation' was released in March 2007. The Australian Government asked the Commission to develop a framework to benchmark regulatory regimes and their cost burdens across all levels of government...

On 20 February 2002 the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer referred harbour towage and related services to the Productivity Commission for inquiry and report. The Commission was to report on: the impact of structural reforms on the provision of harbour towage and related; other measures that...

The terms of reference for this inquiry ask the Commission to assess whether price regulation of airport services is required at privatised airports and, if so, in what form this should take. The Commission's inquiry focusses on the core-regulated airports, including Sydney Airport. The...

This Productivity Commission research report, released on 16 May 2011, has identified wide-ranging differences in the ways all levels of government plan and zone land uses and assess development proposals.In 'Performance Benchmarking of Australian Business Regulation: Planning, Zoning and...

The Australian Government now has institutions and arrangements in place to identify areas of regulation that are unduly burdensome or ineffective and to develop appropriate reforms. However, the Productivity Commission research report, released 15 December 2011, indicated there was a need to...