Queensland Office for Regulatory Efficiency
Smart Regulation Annual Report 2008-09
Savings of $67 million were delivered to business, community and government from quantified initiatives in the 2008-09 financial year. This includes net savings from tax reform and other regulatory reform initiatives that were focused at simplifying administrative processes or reducing regulatory requirements. Read the report (PDF 310 K).
For further information
- Phone: +61 7 3234 0455
- qore@treasury.qld.gov.au
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
- Putting in place a 'smart' regulatory environment focusing on productivity, innovation and competitiveness
- Implementing a 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
- Preparing the Smart Regulation Annual Report
Regulation development, review and advice
- Assessing and providing 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
- Smart Regulation Annual Reports
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 18 January 2010