17 March 2008 Australia’s state and federal governments must attack the growing tangle of business red tape and put in place a single, seamless set of rules for all businesses by 2010. Regulatory fragmentation creates a range of unnecessary burdens and costs for business and the wider economy, which have been estimated to be as high as $16 billion annually. In Towards a Seamless Economy: Modernising the Regulation of Australian Business, the BCA says a single system of business regulation – or a seamless economy for business – should be agreed to by Australian governments. The paper outlines three specific recommendations for governments to grasp. Read the news release or download the paper here.
17 March 2008
Australia’s state and federal governments must attack the growing tangle of business red tape and put in place a single, seamless set of rules for all businesses by 2010.
Regulatory fragmentation creates a range of unnecessary burdens and costs for business and the wider economy, which have been estimated to be as high as $16 billion annually.
In Towards a Seamless Economy: Modernising the Regulation of Australian Business, the BCA says a single system of business regulation – or a seamless economy for business – should be agreed to by Australian governments.
The paper outlines three specific recommendations for governments to grasp.
Read the news release or download the paper here.
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