Competition Policy in Western Australia
This paper sets the scene for competition policy in Western Australia. It highlights key competition reform objectives for Western Australia in the areas of legislative and structural reforms, and in the application of competitive neutrality principles by government. Importantly, it also highlights the need for the Government to change the way it manages competition policy to better meet its responsibilities under the new reform agenda.
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Federalism in Australia
This discussion paper starts by outlining a history of federalism in Australia, as well as some of the key challenges facing Australia's federation going forward. This will be followed by what CCI believes to be the five key principles that should shape and inform reform of government relations and a renewed agenda for political and economic reform in Australia. The final section will then look into more detail some of the kay issues in relation to Australia's federation.
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Regulation and Compliance
This paper provides a regulatory policy to pursue in addressing and reducing government 'red tape'. It reports on the scope and manner in which regulations impact on business activity and addresses in some part the initiatives of the Federal Government over the past twenty years to diminish the impact of the regulatory burden.
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Security: the threat to business continuity
This paper briefly examines the major security threats to West Australian industry. It outlines many of the government initiatives to counter major criminal and terrorist activities and contain and control a pandemic. Overall the paper identifies the large and continually increasing government infrastructure to identify, assess and prevent or control security threats to Australia.
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Health: A Discussion Paper
The business case for fundamental reform of the Australian health system is clear. In its current form, the system is poorly equipped to meet the future health needs of a progressively ageing population. Further, under current funding and service delivery arrangements, opportunities and incentives to address cost drivers, to improve efficiencies and to better manage health risks are extremely limited.
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