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22 March 2013
On 8 March 2013, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Bill Shorten, announced further reforms to the Fair Work Act following on from the recommendations of the Fair Work Act Review. These reforms relate to amendments to bargaining for greenfields agreements, right of entry provisions and allowing limited access to workplace determinations in certain [...]
Continue reading Prime Minister’s Exemption –Amendments to the Fair Work Act – Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
22 March 2013
On 21 May 2013, the Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus introduced changes to the Sex Discrimination Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status. The changes also extend the existing ground of ‘marital status’ to ‘marital or relationship status’ to provide protection from discrimination for same-sex de facto couples.
The proposed changes [...]
Continue reading Amendments to the Sex Discrimination Act – Regulation Impact Statement – Attorney-General’s Department
20 March 2013
On 12 March 2013, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy announced a series of further reforms in relation to the Convergence Review. These reforms were in addition to the convergence review related reforms announced on 30 November 2012.
The reforms announced on 12 March 2013 include the following regulatory measures.
A press standards model for [...]
Continue reading Prime Minister’s exemption – further response to the Convergence Review – Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy
15 March 2013
On 12 March 2013, the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities announced his intention to introduce amendments to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999 to require federal assessment and approval of coal seam gas and large coal mining developments which have a significant impact on a water resource. The proposed amendments apply to both new and [...]
Continue reading Prime Minister’s exemption – Greater Protection for Water Resources – Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
15 March 2013
On February 23 the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Brendan O’Connor announced seven changes to the temporary skilled work (subclass 457) visa program. A Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) was required for the first three of these changes, namely:
the requirement for employers to demonstrate that they are not nominating positions where a genuine shortage does not [...]
Continue reading Non-compliance with the Australian Government’s best practice regulation requirements – Reforms to the Temporary Work (Skilled) (Subclass 457) Visa Program– Department of Immigration and Citizenship
28 February 2013
On 11 February 2013, the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport announced that the Australian Government is introducing a suite of new aviation licensing regulations for flight crew licensing, flight training and flight checking.
The new regulations improve Australia’s alignment with the International Civil Aviation Organization standards and recommended practices such as: strengthening licensing and training requirements [...]
Continue reading Flight Crew Licensing – Regulation Impact Statement – Civil Aviation Safety Authority
28 February 2013
The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations announced amendments to the Fair Work Act through four media releases on 11,12,13 and 14 February 2013. The proposed changes are intended to help families to balance work and family life and help employees to address workplace bullying. The measures will have the effect of:
expanding the scope of [...]
Continue reading Prime Minister’s Exemption – Amendments to the Fair Work Act Amendments to the Fair Work Act – Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
27 February 2013
On 17 February 2013, the Minister for Industry and Innovation released the Australian Government’s Industry and Innovation Statement. This statement included several measures intended to support Australian suppliers increase their participation in large construction projects, such as mines.
The measures that have regulatory impacts on business include the requirements that:
all projects over $500 million in value [...]
Continue reading Strengthening Australian Industry Participation – Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
27 February 2013
On 12 February 2009, the Treasurer announced changes to the foreign investment review framework to ensure that it would apply equally to all foreign investment proposals irrespective of the way they were structured. A Regulation Impact Statement was not prepared by Treasury for that decision. Consequently, a Post-implementation Review (PIR) was required to be undertaken [...]
Continue reading Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Amendment Act 2010 and its associated Regulations – Post-implementation Review – Treasury
27 February 2013
Australia’s foreign investment laws generally require foreign persons to notify the Government in advance of acquiring interests in Australian land, including residential real estate. In 2008, amendments were made to the foreign investment review regime which exempted temporary residents from notifying certain acquisitions of residential real estate. In broad terms, acquisitions by temporary residents did [...]
Continue reading Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Regulations 2010 (No. 2): Reintroduction of notification requirement for temporary residents purchasing residential real estate – Post-implementation Review – Treasury
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Overview. Best Practice Regulation Updates publishes information about regulatory decisions announced by the Australian Government, and by COAG and Ministerial Councils, including Regulation Impact Statements (RIS), the OBPR’s RIS assessments, when a Prime Minister’s exemption has been granted and Post-implementation Reviews.
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