Queensland Office for Regulatory Efficiency

The Queensland Office for Regulatory Efficiency (QORE) leads a program of regulatory reform, designed to increase the productivity and competitiveness of Queensland, and to enhance the attractiveness of Queensland to individuals and business investment.

The Smart Regulation reform agenda seeks to get the balance right between the benefits and costs of regulation, and to reduce regulatory burden in order to give time and money back to individuals, business and government to invest in innovation, productivity and economic growth.

The Smart Regulation reform agenda consists of commitments and activities at the federal (via the Council of Australian Governments (COAG)) and state levels, as well as proposed initiatives based on national and international best practice models to achieve sustainable reductions in the regulatory burden.

Our responsibilities

QORE's responsibilities are:

National Regulation Reform Agenda (business regulation and competition)

• Secretariat to various COAG working and reference groups
• Coordinating Queensland Government reform areas and reporting to COAG in the areas of best practice regulation and cross-jurisdictional and competition hot spots

Smart Regulation reform agenda

• Puts in place a 'smart' regulatory environment focusing on productivity, innovation and competitiveness
• Implement five-point action plan:
  • Establishing leadership and governance
  • Reducing the existing stock of regulation
  • Improving the quality of new regulation
  • Improving the business-government interface
  • Measuring and reporting on progress with the reform program
• Prepare the Smart Regulation Annual Report

Regulation development, review and advice

• Assessment and advice on Regulatory Impact Statement requirements
• Developing improvements to regulation making and review processes
• Providing regulatory best practice advice and assistance to agencies
• Providing advice on mutual recognition arrangements

Publications

• Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) Assessment Form
• Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) Guidelines
• 2007-08 Smart Regulation Annual Report
• 2006-07 Red Tape Reduction Stocktake Report

Useful contacts

Commonwealth Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR)

The Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR), within the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Deregulation, plays a central role in assisting Commonwealth Government agencies to meet their requirements for best practice regulatory impact analysis and in monitoring and reporting on their performance.

The OBPR also serves a similar role for the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) in relation to national regulatory proposals considered by ministerial councils, national standard setting bodies or COAG itself.

For more information, visit the Office of Best Practice Regulation section of the Department of Finance and Deregulation website.

Regulatory reform nationally and internationally

Significant work in the regulatory reform space is being undertaken in jurisdictions nationally and internationally. Below are links to the regulatory reform offices in the best practice jurisdictions around the world.

• Council of Australian Governments (COAG)
• Australian Government - Office of Best Practice Regulation (OBPR) 
• New South Wales Government - Better Regulation Office 
• Victorian Government - Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission (VCEC)
• Victorian Government - Regulatory Reform
• South Australian Government - Regulatory Reform 
• United Kingdom Government - Better Regulation Executive
• British Columbia Government - Straightforward BC 

Last reviewed 29 September 2009