Published Impact Analyses

Announcement date

11 March 2025

Link to announcement 

⁠Security of Critical Infrastructure (Telecommunications Security and Risk Management Program) Rules 2025

Problem being addressed

Critical infrastructure is essential for Australia’s social and economic prosperity, national security and defence, and facilitating the provision of essential services across Australia. However, risks to Australia’s critical infrastructure have evolved in recent years. These risks are inherently complex and reflect factors including increased cyber connectivity and greater participation in, and reliance on, global supply chains to support the provision of essential services. 

Announcement date

23 February 2025

Link to announcement 

Strengthening Medicare: More bulk billing, more doctors, more nurses | Minister’s Media Centre

Problem being addressed

Australia is not generating enough general practitioners (GPs) to meet community need now and into the future. Modelling by the Department of Health and Aged Care demonstrates a growing shortfall of GPs, with 7,700 more GPs needed by 2033 growing to 12,400 more GPs needed by 2048. 

Announcement date

23 February 2025

Link to announcement 

Strengthening Medicare: More bulk billing, more doctors, more nurses 

Problem being addressed

Medicare plays a crucial role in enabling inclusive, equitable and cost-effective primary care services which set the foundation for supporting universal, integrated access to health care. Through its oversight mechanism in setting Medicare Benefit Schedule (MBS) fees and funding services, the Government plays a role in ensuring that access to bulk billed primary care remains widely available to Australians as part of our universal healthcare system.

Announcement date
24 February 2025

Link to announcement 
Family Law (Superannuation) Regulations 2025

Problem being addressed

Announcement date
3 October 2024

Link to announcement 

https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/department/media/publications/statement-heavy-vehicle-national-law-reform-outcomes-october-2024 

Problem being addressed
The Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) applies to heavy vehicles over 4.5 tonnes of gross vehicle mass. The HVNL consists of the Heavy Vehicle National Law and five sets of regulations. 

Announcement date
23 April 2023

Link to announcement 
https://www.aemc.gov.au/rule-changes/efficient-reactive-current-access-standards-inverter-based-resources 

Problem being addressed
Inverter connected resources such as batteries currently have to demonstrate that they comply with the minimum access standards specified in Schedule 5.2.5.5 of the National Energy Rules (NER) – including reactive current fault-response minimum access standard. Network service providers are not able to provide connection approval to parties that do not meet this minimum standard. 

Announcement date
 26 May 2022

Link to announcement 
https://www.aemc.gov.au/rule-changes/efficient-reactive-current-access-standards-inverter-based-resources 

Problem being addressed
Inverter connected resources such as batteries currently have to demonstrate that they comply with the minimum access standards specified in Schedule 5.2.5.5 of the National Energy Rules (NER) – including reactive current fault-response minimum access standard. Network service providers are not able to provide connection approval to parties that do not meet this minimum standard. 

Announcement date 

10 February 2025 

Link to announcement  

Albanese Labor Government building on investments to Close The Gap | Ministers' media centre 

Problem being addressed 

On 8 March 2018, the CPTPP was signed by Ministers and representatives from Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam. The CPTPP entered into force for Australia on 30 December 2018. The United Kingdom formally joined CPTPP on 15 December 2024.

The CPTPP contains chapters typically found in a free trade agreement relating to the removal of tariff barriers, rules of origin and non-tariff barriers, access for business persons, investment, and intellectual property. However, CPTPP also went beyond this practice to include new commitments and ambitious rules, including on government procurement, electronic commerce, labour and environmental standards, competition with state-owned enterprises, regulatory coherence, transparency and anti-corruption, and small and medium-sized enterprises. 

Announcement date

25 September 2024

Link to announcement 
https://www.casa.gov.au/rules/regulatory-framework/casr/part-43-casr-maintenance-aircraft-private-and-aerial-work-operations#Non-legislativeinstruments

Problem being addressed

Maintenance requirements for general aviation aircraft (private and aerial work operations) were first developed in 1947 and last reviewed over 30 years ago as part of the development of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1988 (CASR 1988).