House of Representatives Standing Committee on Financial Institutions and Public Administration

Committee activities (inquiries and reports)

Review of the National Competition Council annual report 1996-97

The Committee tabled its report Review of the National Competition Council annual report 1996-97 on 29 June 1998. Copies of the full report are available in PDF format (77KB) or from the Committee Secretariat.

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Media releases

Speeches

Government response: to date there has been no Government response to the Committee's report.

Table of contents of report: Review of the National Competition Council

FOREWORD

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

TERMS OF REFERENCE

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Background

Scope and conduct of the review

CHAPTER TWO: MAJOR ISSUES

Public interest test vs net community benefit

Progress in implementing the reforms

Assessment process

Assessment of Commonwealth Government performance

Further comments on the legislative review program

NCC's first national review - Australia Post review

Application of the reforms by local government

Benefits, outcomes and implications of the reforms

Public education

Dual role of the NCC: adviser and assessor

Committee's overall assessment of the NCC's performance

APPENDIX 1: LIST OF SUBMISSIONS

1. National Competition Council (Not available in PDF format of report)
   
   

APPENDIX 2: LIST OF EXHIBITS

APPENDIX 3: LIST OF HEARINGS AND WITNESSES ( A copy of the public hearing transcript for the 25 February 1998 is available in PDF format or from the Committee Secretariat)

APPENDIX 4: GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO CULTIVATING COMPETITION REPORT (Available as html document, not available in PDF format of report)

APPENDIX 5: GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO REVIEW OF AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION ANNUAL REPORT 1995-96: RECOMMENDATION 2

COMMITTEE'S REVIEWS OF ANNUAL REPORTS

38th Parliament

37th Parliament

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.1: Key aspects of the NCC's annual report 1996-97

Table 1.2: NCC future priorities for reform as set out in its annual report 1996-97

Table 2.1: Summary of outstanding first tranche issues as at 30 June 1997

Table 2.2: National Competition Payments

Media releases

During the course of the inquiry the following media releases were issued by the Committee:

• 29 June 1998 Priorities in competition reform for the NCC
• 6 March 1998 NCC claims it means business on Competition payments
• 15 February 1998 NCC under close scrutiny again by Parliamentary Committee

Speeches

• Tabling speech: Mr D Hawker MP (Chairman) Part 1 and Part 2 29 June 1998
• Tabling speech: Mr G Wilton MP (Deputy Chairman) 29 June 1998

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