COAG Decision Regulation Impact Statement – COAG Energy Council

On 19 December 2018, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Council agreed to implement the Retailer Reliability Obligation (RRO) for the National Electricity Market (NEM).

The RRO builds on existing spot and financial market arrangements in the electricity market to facilitate investment in dispatchable capacity. It is designed to incentivise retailers, on behalf of their customers, to support the...

Decision Regulation Impact Statement– The Australian Building Codes Board

On 18 December 2018, the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) released a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) examining the impact of proposed amendments to the National Construction Code (NCC) to require the construction of separate accessible adult change facilities (AACF) in public buildings including shopping centres and other public assembly buildings.

AACFs...

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of the Treasury

On 28 March 2018, the Government introduced legislation to extend Single Touch Payroll reporting to all employers.

The measure requires small businesses with fewer than 20 employees to use Single Touch Payroll (STP) enabled software to provide digital real-time reporting of their Pay-As-You-Go Withholding tax obligations and superannuation guarantee (SG) contributions to the Australian Taxation Office. The obligation...

Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Communications and the Arts

On 5 December 2018, the Government announced details of the Universal Service Guarantee (USG).

The USG will use the National Broadband Network (NBN) to ensure all Australian homes and businesses have access to broadband services, and will retain the current Universal Service Obligation (USO) arrangements, using the Telstra copper and wireless networks in rural and remote Australia for the provision of voice...