In November 2016, the Treasury Legislation Amendment (Small Business and Unfair Contract Terms) Act 2015 (the Act) took effect to extend the unfair contract term (UCT) protections in the Australian Consumer Law (incorporated as Schedule 2 of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010) and the...More
The Retail Grocery Industry (Unit Pricing) Code of Conduct (the Code) is a mandatory industry code of conduct prescribed under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. The Code requires certain grocery retailers to use unit pricing when selling particular grocery items to consumers.
Why we are...More
This Survey is being conducted as part of the Government's review of the Grocery Unit Pricing Code.
What is unit pricing?
Unit pricing is a comparison tool of convenience for consumers, allowing shoppers to make accurate and timely price comparisons between different brands and sizes...More
The Government has released for public consultation the third tranche of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle) Bill 2018 and related explanatory materials.
The CCIV is an investment vehicle with a corporate structure, with the additional consumer protection...More
The Government has released for public consultation the second tranche of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle) Bill 2018 and explanatory materials.
The Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) will offer an internationally recognisable investment...More
The Government has released for public consultation the first tranche of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle) Bill 2018 and explanatory materials.
The Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) will offer an internationally...More
The Government is seeking submissions on a draft of the Asia Region Funds Passport (Passport) Regulations and related explanatory materials.
The Passport is a common framework of coordinated regulatory oversight to facilitate cross border issuing of managed investment funds. Australia, Japan,...More
Part A of this review includes seven questions that relate to the role and functioning of the AUASB.
Part B of this review includes six questions regarding each AUASB Board member's performance from 1 July 2017, or for the duration of their appointment, whichever is shorter.
Please...More
Part A of this review includes seven questions that relate to the role and functioning of the AASB.
Part B of this review includes six questions regarding each AASB member's performance from 1 July 2017, or for the duration of their appointment, whichever is shorter.
Please complete the...More
In Australia approximately 34 million gift cards are sold each year. One of the commonly used terms and conditions of gift cards are expiry dates. Of the gift cards sold a certain percentage are not redeemed before they expire.
Consumers can experience the disappointment of an expired gift...More
In June 2015, the Australian Consumer Affairs Ministers, through the Legislative and Governance Forum on Consumer Affairs (CAF), asked Consumer Affairs Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ) to initiate a broad-reaching review of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).
In March 2017, CAANZ presented the...More
The Government is seeking submissions on a draft of the Asia Region Funds Passport (Passport) Bill and related explanatory material.
The Passport is a common framework of coordinated regulatory oversight to facilitate cross border issuing of managed investment funds. Australia, Japan, Korea,...More
Information on the Review of Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) legislation is available on the Treasury website.
Submissions
Non-confidential submissions have been published on the Treasury website. More
The Government is seeking submissions on the draft Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) Bill and explanatory materials (tax framework). The draft Bill proposes the new tax framework that will give effect to the CCIV. The policy intent of the CCIV is to establish a new form of passive...More
On 20 September 2017 the Assistant Minister to the Treasurer called for submissions from individuals, businesses and community groups seeking their views regarding priorities for the 2018-19 Budget.
The Pre-Budget Submission process for the 2018-19 Budget closed on Friday 15 December 2017.
...More
The Government is seeking submissions on a draft Asia Region Funds Passport (Passport) Bill and related explanatory materials.
The Passport is a common framework of coordinated regulatory oversight to facilitate cross border issuing of managed investment funds. Australia, Japan, Korea, New...More
The Government is modernising business registers to support businesses in an evolving digital economy.
From 9 August to 6 September 2017, the Government sought responses to a discussion paper on ways to improve its business registry services. More
Bills are common documents that state an amount of payment or set out a regular charge for supplying ongoing goods and services. Traditionally businesses have provided bills in a paper format to consumers, with the costs of producing and providing these documents absorbed by businesses and...More
The market for tickets to live performance and sporting events in Australia is large. The market for tickets consists of a primary ticket market where tickets are first sold and purchased, and a secondary ticket market where tickets are onsold or scalped.
Ticket reselling practices can cause a...More
This consultation seeks stakeholder views on the exposure draft of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Whistleblowers) Bill 2017 (the Bill) and supporting explanatory material.
The Bill creates a single whistleblower protection regime in the Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act), to cover the...More
Welcome to the 2017 Fiscal Group PWI Pulse Survey.
Thanks for taking the time to tell us how we are going on promoting inclusiveness for all staff.
Your insights are an important source of data for the group, and the results of this survey will help to identify key themes for Fiscal Group...More
Part A of this review includes questions that relate to the role and functioning of the FRC.
Part B of this review includes questions regarding each FRC Board member's performance.
While written responses are not mandatory, we encourage your feedback.
All responses will remain anonymous...More
The Procurement Team is approaching staff within Treasury for feedback on procurement as a service. Results of this survey will be used as part of the Procurement Team's business improvement project. More
One of the functions of FSAC as set out in its Charter is to provide industry views on the performance of the financial regulators - the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC); the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA); and the Payment System Board (PSB).
This...More
The Government is seeking submissions on draft Asia Region Funds Passport (Passport) and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) Bills and explanatory materials. The Bills will insert two new chapters to the Corporations Act 2001 establishing a regulatory framework for the Passport and...More
Thank you for taking the time to meet with Patrick, Matthew and Samantha recently as part of the Small Business Engagement. Treasury found the discussion very valuable in gaining a sense on how your business is operating in the current economic climate, this information has been passed on to the...More
The black economy affects the whole community; it is not just an issue for government. It provides unfair competition for honest businesses. It leads to the exploitation of more vulnerable workers. It increases the costs of providing government services because of people who don't pay their...More
Part A of this review includes seven questions that relate to the role and functioning of the AUASB.
Part B of this review includes seven questions regarding each AUASB Board member's performance from 1 July 2016, or for the duration of their appointment, whichever is shorter. Please complete...More