Government crackdown to reduce excessive regulation and red tape
Source: Western Australia. Treasurer. Media Release
"The Liberal-National Government has announced a raft of measures to reduce the burden of excessive red tape on Western Australian businesses and consumers and to bar the way to unnecessary government regulation in the future. Treasurer and Commerce Minister Troy Buswell said that WA ranked poorest in the nation for its regulation-making practices and the new Government was acting resolutely to correct the state’s performance.

The new measures include:
· the establishment of the Red Tape Reduction Group to consult widely with the community for opportunities to cut down on existing regulation
· a system for Ministers to refer specific regulation for targeted review by the Department of Treasury and Finance
· the introduction of a best practice system of screening new and amending regulation overseen by a regulatory gate-keeping unit within DTF."