Published Impact Analyses
Official website for Published Impact Analyses for decisions announced by the Australian Government, Ministerial Forums and National Standard Setting Bodies.
Department of Health
Post–implementation Review – Department of the Environment
Post implementation Review – Department of the Environment
COAG Decision Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) – Australian Building Codes Board
On 26 February 2015, the Australian Building Codes Board agreed to develop a non-regulatory handbook documenting measures aimed at providing safe, dignified and independent egress in an emergency for all occupants for reference and use on a case-by-case basis by State, Territory and Local Governments and the building industry. The ABCB was compliant with the COAG RIS requirements, preparing adequate RISs at the consultation and decision-making stages. The Decision RIS was published on the ABCB website on 26 March 2015.
COAG Consultation Regulation Impact Statement – Medical Board of Australia
Department of Health
Department of Agriculture
Department of Employment
On 25 February 2015 the Minister for Employment and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women jointly announced changes to gender reporting requirements for employers with more than 100 employees. The current gender reporting framework provides for individual organisations to monitor, reflect upon and improve their own gender equality performance. The announced changes remove some of the requirements in relation to reporting by organisations. The changes mean that employers will not be required to provide data on:
On 29 October 2014 the Government introduced the Civil Law and Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 2014. A part of this Bill changes the legal deposit requirements. Legal deposit is a requirement under section 201 of the Copyright Act 1968 that publishers deposit a copy of library material to the National Library of Australia (NLA). This requirement currently applies to material that is in print form, published in Australia, and in which copyright subsists. The proposal will enable the NLA to meet its statutory function of providing a comprehensive collection of publications relating to Australia and the Australian people. Currently if a publisher publishes relevant documents in digital-only form they do not need to deposit that material with the NLA.