The team is currently focused on supporting the Government promote a strong, competitive and diverse economy.
The Regulatory Reform team works with government agencies to identify regulatory and other economic reform opportunities, and help co-ordinate reform efforts across government. As part of our customer service offering, the Regulatory Reform team:
- Works with government agencies when they consider reform proposals put forward by government, private review bodies or public forums
- Assists government agencies in developing and implementing their own economic or other regulatory reforms
- Advises government agencies on State and National competition policy and how to make the most of competitive incentives
- Investigates concerns business may have if government bodies compete unfairly in the market, via a Competitive neutrality complaints mechanism
This is in addition to leading reforms in some areas. For example, the Regulatory Reform team is currently undertaking a Review of the Western Australia Rail Access Regime.
Previous Projects
Between October 2015 and April 2019, Economic Policy undertook a series of regulatory mapping and reform projects.
These projects were undertaken in collaboration with government agencies, industry stakeholders and individual businesses, with a focus on regulations and interactions that business identified as challenging and burdensome. Each project delivered:
- a regulatory process map to guide businesses and regulators; and
- practical and meaningful recommendations to reduce regulatory burdens.
The resulting recommendations and regulatory maps for the completed projects can be found in the links below.
