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December 10, 2008

Draft Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards

The Government has tabled draft Disability (Access to Premises – Buildings) Standards in the House of Representatives for referral to the Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs.

The Committee will conduct consultations on the draft Premises Standards and report to Parliament in the first half of 2009. The requirements of the Standards will be mirrored in the Building Code of Australia.

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Posted 10th December 2008 by David Jacobson in Workplace

December 1, 2008

COAG continues regulatory reform

At its meeting on 29 November 2008 COAG agreed, amongst other things, to continue regulatory reform towards a “seamless national economy”.

According to the COAG Communique, focus areas were:

planning and zoning policies and processes from a competition perspective as recommended in July by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s inquiry into grocery prices.
greater coordination and oversight in chemicals and plastics regulation,
To progress food regulation reforms, COAG agreed to examine reforms to the voting arrangements of the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council. COAG also agreed to consider options to improve national consistency in the monitoring and enforcement of food standards and options to improve food labelling law and policy in early 2009.
COAG agreed that a national electronic conveyancing system would be implemented.
COAG also agreed to increased harmonisation in relation to directors’ liability.

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Posted 1st December 2008 by David Jacobson in Deregulation