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Published Impact Analyses

Official website for Published Impact Analyses for decisions announced by the Australian Government, Ministerial Forums and National Standard Setting Bodies.

Aust Gov
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Impact Analysis (IA)
Aust Gov
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Impact Analysis (IA)

Announcement date
24/04/2024


Link to announcement

Delivering a future remade in Australia | Ministers (dcceew.gov.au)


Problem being addressed
  The current 'linear' economy model does not consistently price environmental impacts, so these impacts may not be considered in decisions on production and consumption, leading to environmental degradation.  As a major purchaser of goods and services, the Australian Government’s procurement decisions can contribute to these negative environmental impacts. 


Proposal

Aust Gov
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Impact Analysis (IA)
Commonwealth-State
Australian Energy Market Commission
Impact Analysis (IA)

Department/Agency

Australian Energy Market Commission

Topic

Energy

Type

Ministerial Forum / Standard Setting Body

Announcement date

04/04/2024

Link to announcement 

Accelerating smart meter deployment | AEMC

Problem being addressed

Aust Gov
Department of Health and Aged Care
Impact Analysis (IA)

Announcement date
11 April 2024

Link to announcement 
Updates to the Sunscreen Standard

Problem being addressed

Aust Gov
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Sunsetting Instruments and Guidelines

Announcement date
27 March 2024

Link to announcement
ASIC remakes five ‘sunsetting’ class orders for managed funds

Problem being addressed
ASIC  note that under the Legislation Act 2003, the following five Class Orders (the Managed Investment Class Orders) are due to sunset on 1 April 2024. 

Aust Gov
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Impact Analysis (IA)

Announcement date
27 March 2024

Link to announcement 
New Vehicle Efficiency Standard Bill 2024 

Problem being addressed
Australia and Russia are among the only advanced economies without a new vehicle efficiency standard (NVES) so Australians spend more on fuel and have fewer choices of cleaner, cheaper-to-run cars.
The primary problems that Government is trying to solve is how to:

Aust Gov
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Impact Analysis (IA)

Announcement date
27 March 2024

Link to announcement
Net Zero Economy Authority Bill introduced | PM&C (pmc.gov.au)

Aust Gov
Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Sunsetting Instruments and Guidelines

Announcement date
18 March 2024

Link to announcement
ASIC issues new legislative instrument for exchange traded funds | ASIC

Problem being addressed
Under the Legislation Act 2003, Class Order [CO 13/721] was due to sunset on 1 April 2024. CO 13/721 provides relief to facilitate exchange traded funds (ETFs) that are quoted on the ASX AQUA Market or Cboe where the ETF is passively managed and tracks an index.

Proposal