Resources and Guidance
Guidance on Impact Analysis
- The 7 Impact Analysis questions should be the starting point of your policy journey.
This Guide helps policy makers reflect on how policy can affect people, businesses and community as well as its broader economic and competition impacts.
This Guide sets out the Impact Analysis requirements for decisions taken by intergovernmental decision-making bodies.
- This guide provides an overview of how to approach the task of making policy whenever regulation may be considered as a policy option.
- The Australian Government Guide to Policy Impact Analysis sets out three stages of formal assessment undertaken by the OIA.
Forms and Templates
- Complete a Preliminary Assessment form and submit via helpdesk-OIA@pmc.gov.au
This template can be your starting point to address the 7 Impact Analysis Questions.
Use this template for Cabinet proposals assessed as having a minor regulatory impact.
First and Second Pass - Letter templates for the first and second pass process.
The Australian Government Guide to Policy Impact Analysis describes some special cases in the Impact Analysis (IA) process, one of which is that an IA is not requi
- Letter template for the submission of an early assessment.
- This form will help you identify the key features of your proposal.
Guidance on Assessing Impacts
- Guidance on quantifying a range of impacts including compliance, delay and administration costs
- Guidance on demonstrating how costs and benefits are distributed across different groups
- Guidance on Impact Analysis for proposals that affect individuals
- Guidance on how to quantify the impacts on community organisations.
- Guidance on factors unique to small businesses
- Guidance on understanding 'competition tests'.
- Guidance on incorporating trade impact assessments into Impact Analysis
- Guidance on incorporating environmental impacts and uncertainty into Impact Analysis
- Guidance on evaluating regulation aimed at managing risks
Guidance for regulations designed to reduce the risk of physical harm.
- Guidance on undertaking Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Guidance for programmes including government benefits, grants, procurement, and cost recovery arrangements.
Guidance on OIA Procedures
Guidance for sunsetting legislative instruments
Guidance on carve-outs and how to obtain one, and current approved list.
Guidance on Prime Minister's exemption, election commitments, revenue raising measures and costing extension.
Guidance on the purpose, process and requirements of a PIR.
- Guidance on the best practice processes for consultation.
- Guidance on when an independent review can be considered in lieu of an Impact Analysis.
- Guidance on using fewer than three options in an Impact Analysis
The Office of Impact Analysis is often asked to provide examples of exemplary analysis or for particular scenarios.
Research and Other Resources
- Analysis of rational choice theory and behavioural economics in considering consumer behaviour.
- This paper provides an example of the application of cost-benefit analysis, in this case to historic heritage regulation.
This paper reviews the relevant key concepts and valuation principles based on what individuals are willing to pay for health and safety.
Paper prepared for the conference ‘Delivering better quality regulatory proposals through better cost-benefit analysis’ hosted by the Office of Impact Analysis on 21 Novemb
- Research report on cost-benefit analysis of policies that are likely to have an environmental impact