Official website for Published Impact Analyses for decisions announced by the Australian Government, Ministerial Forums and National Standard Setting Bodies.
On 21 August 2015, the Council on Federal Financial Relations (CFFR) announced that the threshold for Goods and Services Tax (GST) on imported goods would drop from $1,000 to zero from 1 July 2017. In making this decision the CFFR did not comply with the Council of Australian Governments’ best practice regulation requirements to prepare a Regulation Impact Statement.
On 4 July 2015, the Australian Government released the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper setting out actions for the agricultural sector in five priority areas including strengthening the approach to drought and risk management. Among the initiatives to assist Australian farmers prepare for and manage through drought and other hardship were the following agriculture measures providing:
In the 2011-12 Budget, the then Government announced its response to the findings of the 2010 Review of the Australian Screen Production Sector. The key elements of the measure included:
On 27 October 2011 the then Government added Chapters 58 and 59 to the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Rules relating to the cancellation and suspension of remittance dealer registrations.