COAG and Regulatory Reform

Articles cite the BCA paper, Towards a Seamless Economy, noting the role of the BCA in advocating that regulatory reform (including the harmonisation of occupational health and safety laws) be included on the agenda for the March 26 meeting of COAG.

‘The agreement has been reached after a report by the Business Council of Australia last week urged harmonising 10 key areas of law, including OH&S, to save Australian business up to $16 billion a year’.

From ‘Harmonised OH&S Laws on the Table’ by Patrick Durkin, The Australian Financial Review, 25 March 2008.

‘The Business Council of Australia has called on federal and state governments to create a single business regulation system by 2010. It wants COAG to harmonise inconsistent rules across state boundaries slash red tape.’

From ‘Rudd Ready to Consider Raising Drinking Age, Taxes’ by Clinton Porteous and Michael Madigan, The Courier-Mail, 25 March 2008.

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