Official website for Published Impact Analyses for decisions announced by the Australian Government, Ministerial Forums and National Standard Setting Bodies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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:
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.
Announcement date
26 July 2023
Link to announcement
https://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/brown/media-release/mandating-reversing-vehicle-aids-save-lives-and-around-australian-roads
Problem being addressed
Reversing collisions involving a vehicle and a pedestrian or a vulnerable road user such as a cyclist are generally rare occurrences with low number of cases reported each year. However, the prevalence of such collisions tends to be underestimated as the majority of these collisions and injuries sustained are often outside the scope of official road injury record systems, which are focussed on public roads.
Announcement date
17 July 2023
Link to announcement
APRA finalises new prudential standard on operational risk | APRA
Problem being addressed
In recent years, APRA-regulated entities have experienced operational risk events and failures that have had both financial and non-financial implications. APRA has observed three key trends: control failures, potential disruptions and increasing reliance on service providers.