Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Finance and Deregulation has supplied the following answer to the honourable Senator's question::

(1) and (2) Given the very broad nature of the question attempting to answer this question would cause an unreasonable diversion of resources.

(3) and (4) Annual Regulatory Plans are published on Department and Agency websites. They are available via a consolidated list of links on the OBPR (Office of Best Practice Regulation) website: http://ris.finance.gov.au/​2012/​10/​02/​annual-regulatory-plans/

(5) A Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) is mandatory for all decisions made by the Australian Government and its agencies that are likely to have a regulatory impact on business or the not-for-profit sector. Compliance information and RISs are published on the OBPR website http://ris.finance.gov.au/

(6) There are no cost recovery schemes within the Finance portfolio.