This guide helps policy makers reflect on how policy can affect people, businesses and community as well as its broader economic and competition impacts.
The government’s rigorous approach to policy making seeks to ensure that the costs and benefits of new policy are understood from all angles.
The impact analysis framework will ensure decision-makers are provided with the necessary evidence to make decisions that best support a stronger economy and guarantee the essentials Australians rely on to prosper.
It is an expectation of the government that policy makers aim to prepare an impact analysis (IA) that is assessed as exemplary.
The new Australian Government Impact Analysis Framework commences on 1 July 2026. The Australian Government Guide to Policy Impact Analysis will remain in effect until 30 June 2026.