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Employment Services 2015

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Employment

As reported on this website on 18 September 2015, the Australian Government’s new employment services model, jobactive, commenced on 1 July 2015. A Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) was prepared and certified by the Department of Employment and regulatory cost burden estimates have been prepared. The Department estimates that the new model is likely to reduce regulatory costs by $62.1 million a year compared to the previous arrangements. This estimate has been agreed by the Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR). The OBPR’s final assessment is that the Department of Employment is compliant with the Government’s RIS requirements and the RIS is consistent with best practice.