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INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ON COMPETITION AND PRODUCTIVITY-ENHANCING REFORMS

28 Feb, 2022 by admin

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The Harper review provided a comprehensive assessment of Australia`s competitive
framework. The review body made 56 recommendations aimed at reviving competition
policy at both the state and Commonwealth levels, rethinking competition
institutions and modernising and simplifying Australia`s competition laws. On
the other hand, a key feature of the previous NCP reform process was the
creation of an independent NCP with a wide range of functions. At that time, the
NCC monitored competition reforms in all jurisdictions, reported publicly on
progress, and noted instances where commitments had not been met or measures
were insufficient. It has brought transparency to the NCP process and has helped
to ensure that the flexibility of case law is consistent with the agreed
high-level principles and objectives of the NCP reform agenda. Progress has been
slow in implementing the recommendations of the Harper Review. While competition
law reforms have been carried out since the signing of the Intergovernmental
Agreement, little has been done in other areas. B, for example, in the
implementation of competitive and productivity-enhancing reforms and the
establishment of institutional arrangements to facilitate such reforms.
Competition policy consists of government policies, laws and institutions aimed
at improving the level of competition in the economy so that it better serves
the long-term interests of consumers.

Pallas said safeguards must be included in all intergovernmental agreements to
prevent the Commonwealth from changing funding guidelines without consultation,
as he says when recycling assets. Payments similar to competition payments under
national competition policy have been advanced by Victorian Treasurer Tim
Pallas. It will be interesting to see whether the reform will ultimately be
achieved through a renewed NCP regime with appropriate judicial “incentives”.
Housing affordability will be on the agenda of Friday`s meeting, along with
plans for a state-Commonwealth agreement on “reforms that improve competition
and productivity.” With regard to deregulation, there is already an
intergovernmental agreement on reforms to improve competition and productivity,
which has already been signed by most (if not all) jurisdictions and identifies
issues for which reforms are ripe. The Government will redirect $303.7 million
in funding over two years from 2017 to 2018 from the National Partnership on
Regulatory Reform to a new reform agenda that will reward states and territories
that reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses. The funding includes $3.7
million, which will be redistributed by the National Competition Council to the
Treasury Department to develop and manage agreements. In December 2016, the
governments of Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, Tasmania, the
Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory signed the
Intergovernmental Agreement on Reforms to Improve Competitiveness and
Productivity. The governments of Queensland, Victoria and South Australia have
not signed the agreement. The Commonwealth will make payments to states to
implement reforms that will boost Australia`s economic performance and standard
of living. The Commonwealth and the States shall work together to develop
funding agreements in the priority areas of Part 4, in accordance with this
Agreement and the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations.

There is no institution responsible for taking the initiative or leading
implementation. The inability to revive an existing body (such as the National
Competition Council (NCC)) or to create a new body proposed in the Harper Review
under the name of the Australian Competition Policy Council to monitor progress
on competition reform appears to be a key factor contributing to the lack of
progress in implementing the competitiveness and productivity reform agenda. To
boost productivity growth and support rising living standards, the Australian
government announced a review of Australia`s competition laws and policies in
December 2013, with Professor Ian Harper appointed to lead the review. But in a
letter sent to Mr Morrison this month, Victorian Labour treasurer Tim Pallas
threatens to scrap the deal, which the Commonwealth calls an important part of
its economic plan. Pallas notes that a draft agreement proposes reforms that
states should adopt, but there is a lack of details about the money. It is
therefore important to understand how the CFFR system is advised by external
stakeholders such as industry associations and other expert bodies, whether the
ideas and strategies that will ultimately be implemented in the proposed reforms
will actually work in practice. To gain ground, the new competition reform
agenda requires increased commitments from all Australian governments. As called
for in the Harper review, this also requires an institution that provides
transparent oversight of the reform implementation process.

This may require a completely independent body separate from the ACCC.
Intergovernmental Agreement on Competitive and Productivity-Enhancing Reforms
[electronic resource] / between the Commonwealth of Australia and the States and
Territories, namely: New South Wales, Western Australia, Tasmania, Australian
Capital Territory, Northern Territory. “There is no clear commitment to new
funding in the current project and few details on funding agreements with a
methodology limited to the initial regulatory reform agenda. These are key
issues that should be clearly set out in the intergovernmental agreement.
Concerns about the Turnbull government`s competition reform plan will come to a
head at Friday`s meeting of federal and state treasurers, as well as the issue
of negative leverage with NSW, which now strongly supports labor states and
agrees to cut tax breaks, should be considered at least in the context of
housing affordability. A senior government official in another state who asked
not to be identified agreed. He said Morrison would effectively call on states
to take the political risk of initiating competition reforms without guarantees
of payment. This important agreement lays the foundation for governments to work
together to build a more productive and well-functioning economy. Efforts will
be made to remove unnecessary regulatory barriers to competition; promote
innovation to provide efficient and high-quality human services; promote
efficient investment and the efficient use of road, water and energy
infrastructure.

These NCP reforms had eight key policy elements, namely: The Intergovernmental
Agreement sets out how participating governments will work together to implement
reforms aimed at boosting Australia`s economic performance and improving living
standards. .

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