Australia needs a vibrant and innovative charities and not-for-profits sector. The review panel was conscious of the need to find a balance between supporting the sector, reducing red tape, enhancing accountability and addressing misconduct.

A broad ranging review of the current NSW regulatory policy framework that underpins regulatory quality across the whole of the NSW Government. This included both policy and statutory requirements that govern how the Government develops, assesses, reviews and reforms legislation and regulations to the extent they impose costs on businesses, consumers and the community.

This is the first comprehensive review of Australia’s competition laws and policy in over 20 years. The National Competition Policy Review (The Hilmer Review) of 1993 underpinned the development of the National Competition Policy – a co-operative initiative of the Commonwealth and State and Territory governments that the Productivity Commission found contributed to a surge...

Both the world and Australian economies have changed significantly since the Hilmer Review of the 1990s. The recommendations in this Draft Report seek to bring Australia’s competition policy up to date. The review assessed Australia’s competition policy to see if it is still ‘fit for purpose’, and asks: