Impacts of COAG reforms: business regulation and VET: Productivity Commission research report

At its March 2008 meeting, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to a new reform agenda aimed at boosting productivity, increasing workforce participation and mobility, and improving the quality of public services. In 2010, the Australian Government asked the Productivity Commission to report every two to three years on the impacts and benefits of specified aspects of the COAG reform agenda. For the first report in this series, the Government has directed the Commission to focus on the impacts of two reform areas: aspects of the ‘seamless national economy’ deregulation...  [+] Show more

At its March 2008 meeting, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to a new reform agenda aimed at boosting productivity, increasing workforce participation and mobility, and improving the quality of public services. In 2010, the Australian Government asked the Productivity Commission to report every two to three years on the impacts and benefits of specified aspects of the COAG reform agenda. For the first report in this series, the Government has directed the Commission to focus on the impacts of two reform areas: aspects of the ‘seamless national economy’ deregulation priorities; and vocational education and training (VET) reforms and initiatives that support successful transitions from school. In its reporting on the impacts and benefits of COAG reforms, the Commission is required to: report on the realised and prospective economic impacts of these reform streams; and report on the nature of reforms and timescale over which benefits are likely to accrue. The overview volume is supported by two separate volumes on the Commission’s analysis on the two reform areas of business regulation and VET.