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Published Impact Analyses

Official website for Published Impact Analyses for decisions announced by the Australian Government, Ministerial Forums and National Standard Setting Bodies.

Prohibit the use of credit cards for online gambling
Aust Gov
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Certified Independent Review

Announcement date 
13 September 2023 

Link to announcement  
Legislation to ban credit cards for online gambling

Problem being addressed 
The use of credit cards in online gambling platforms and services is causing significant harm to businesses and individuals.

Proposal

Certification of Independent Review - Water Market Roadmap
Aust Gov
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Impact Analysis Equivalent

Announcement date
6 September 2023

Link to announcement

Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 – Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au)

Remaking of the Broadcasting Services (Television Captioning) Standard 2013
Aust Gov
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Sunsetting Instruments and Guidelines

Announcement date
7 September 2023 

Link to announcement 
ACMA remakes TV captioning standard following review

Problem being addressed
The deaf and hard of hearing community relies on captioning services to understand and enjoy television programs. The current standard sets out the minimum requirements for the quality of captioning but is sunsetting. The Broadcasting Services Act 1992 requires that standards regarding the quality of captions must be in force at all times. 

Minimum standards and increased access to dispute resolution for independent contractors
Aust Gov
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Impact Analysis Equivalent

Announcement date
4 September 2023

Link to announcement 
Announcement

Problem being addressed
As part of its Secure Australian Jobs Plan, the Australian Government made an election commitment to empower the Fair Work Commission to set minimum standards for ‘employee-like’ workers, including those in the ‘gig’ economy. The Government further committed, as outcomes of the Jobs and Skills Summit 2022, to consider allowing the Fair Work Commission to set minimum standards to ensure the road transport industry is safe, sustainable and viable, as well as to amend laws to allow workers to challenge unfair contracts. 

Standing up for casual workers
Aust Gov
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Impact Analysis Equivalent

Announcement date
4 September 2023

Link to announcement 
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7072

Problem being addressed
As part of its Secure Australian Jobs Plan, the Australian Government made an election commitment to legislate a fair, objective test as to when an employee could be classified as a casual employee, so that people have a clearer pathway to permanent work.  

Closing the labour hire loophole
Aust Gov
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Impact Analysis Equivalent

Announcement date
4 September 2023 

Link to announcement 
https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7072

Problem being addressed
As part of its Secure Australian Jobs Plan, the Australian Government made an election commitment to ensure that workers employed through labour hire companies receive no less than workers employed directly. 

Signing of the Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area
Aust Gov
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Impact Analysis (IA)

Announcement date
21/08/2023

Link to announcement 
https://www.trademinister.gov.au/minister/don-farrell/media-release/deepening-economic-ties-our-asean-partners

Problem being addressed
The original AANZFTA, which entered into force in January 2010 for Australia, is no longer meeting Australian consumer and business requirements. Rapidly evolving economic environments have meant that AANZFTA no longer delivers the greatest possible benefits for Australian consumers and businesses, and has fallen behind more recently agreed FTA's between AANZFTA parties.   

Remake of Australian Education Regulation 2013
Aust Gov
Department of Education
Sunsetting Instruments and Guidelines

Announcement date
31 July 2023


Link to announcement 
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2023L01020


Problem being addressed
The current Australian Education Regulation 2013 will sunset on 1 October 2023.

Proposal
Proposal is to remake the Australian Education Regulation 2013 as the Australian Education Regulations 2023 with the following modernisations:

Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) High-Level Regulatory Framework
Commonwealth-State
National Transport Commission
Impact Analysis (IA)

Announcement date
4 August 2023 

Link to announcement 
https://www.ntc.gov.au/transport-reform/ntc-projects/hvnl-safety-productivity-program

Problem being addressed
The limitations of the current Heavy Vehicle National Law present a barrier to an effective, flexible regulatory regime and an impediment to improved safety and productivity. In this Decision RIS, the National Transport Commission identifies 6 key issues in the heavy vehicle regulatory environment stating it:

Improving the composition of the food supply in relation to industrially-produced trans fats
Commonwealth-State
Department of Health and Aged Care
Impact Analysis (IA)

Announcement date
28 July 2023

Link to announcement 
https://foodregulation.gov.au/internet/fr/publishing.nsf/Content/forum-communique-2023-july

Problem being addressed
Trans fats intake is strongly associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and related mortality. Trans fats have no proven health benefits. Compared to consumption of other fats, trans fats elevate the body's level of LDL (bad) cholesterol and reduce HDL (good) cholesterol, and increase the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol which is a strong predictor of risk of coronary heart disease.