National Competition Policy Reform Study
Submission Date: 13 June 2025
The Competition and Consumer Law Committee (Committee) of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide a submission in response to the call for submissions issued by the Productivity Commission (Commission) in May 2025 in relation to the scoping of a proposed study into aspects of the proposed reforms to Australia’s National Competition Policy (NCP).
In line with the structure of topics outlined in the call for submissions by the Commission, this submission provides brief observations and suggestions for the Commission from the Committee in respect of the following:
- an occupational licensing scheme that provides for labour mobility nationally;
- adopting international and overseas standards in regulatory frameworks and harmonising regulated standards across Australia; and
- certain other reform options identified as a priority during the study, being:
- limiting the unreasonable use of restraint of trade clauses; and
- addressing regulatory barriers to the development and growth of emerging technologies.
Last Updated on 17/06/2025
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