Contribution to national reforms

The department also contributed to the following areas of the Coalition of Australian Governments (COAG) national partnership agreement to deliver a seamless national economy:

The national harmonisation of occupational health and safety (nationally uniform Occupational Health and Safety laws, comprising a model Act, model regulations and model codes of practice and a nationally consistent approach to compliance and enforcement policy).

A national licensing system (a national trade licensing system to allow licensees (in specified occupations) to work in all Australian jurisdictions).

Directors’ liability (a nationally consistent and principled approach to the imposition of personal criminal liability of directors or other corporate officers for corporate fault).

Trustee corporations (implementing national regulation for licensing and supervising  trustee corporations to improve supervision and reduce the regulatory burden on business).

Regulation of the legal profession (facilitating a seamless national legal practice for both lawyers who practise, and law practices that operate, across more than one jurisdiction, and removing unnecessary regulation for individual lawyers moving between jurisdictions).

More information about the department’s contributions to the COAG national partnership agreement is provided in the performance section of the report.