Media releases

The Federal Government today announced it would examine streamlining Australia's various workers' compensation and occupational health and safety schemes.

Mobile phones rank as probably the most important product for young people, according to a national research report into consumer issues for youth released today.

The Productivity Commission will study the effects of paperwork on GPs in a bid to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

The Treasurer and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer today announced a process which will review audit regulation and the wider corporate disclosure framework as the next phase in t

The Federal Government today announced a review of cross-border insolvency law, including possible adoption of an international model law aimed at improving the chances of tracing assets over

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, today said that Labor's move to disallow disclosure regulations of the Financial Services Reform Act was highly irresponsi

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, today approved funding of an extra $2 million over the next two years to help Australia meet its goal of adopt

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, and the Minister for Education, Science and Training, Dr Brendan Nelson, today announced that the Productivity Commission w

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, who has responsibility for ASIC, said today's NSW Supreme Court ruling against Mr Rodney Adler was "a very clear reminder o

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, has welcomed today's announcement that Australian fund managers will be given streamlined access to the Hong Kong market.

Tough new national safety standards for children's bunk beds and baby walkers were announced today as part of a campaign to reduce the number of injuries linked to nursery furniture.

A tri-metal coin of gold, silver and copper is the centrepiece of commemorative coin sets launched today to mark Australia's participation in the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in July.

Financial reporting standards were a decade behind the reality of world markets, Senator Ian Campbell, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, told a meeting of IMF governors in Washington

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, today announced the appointment of Professor Sandra Harding as the new chairman of the Australian Statistics Advisory Counc

Prominent Perth commercial barrister Ms Celia Searle has been appointed a member of the Takeovers Panel.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, today encouraged the states and territories to fast-track home building insurance reform in the wake of Dexta's withdrawal

The Federal Government has narrowed anti-hawking and insider trading provisions of the Corporations Act.

The Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Senator Helen Coonan and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell today announced the release of the Australian Competi

Consumers will be better protected under a consumer protection arrangement signed by Australia and the European Commission. The agreement covers issues such as e-commerce and product safety.

Today, Senator Ian Campbell, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, helped to promote greater competition in the Northern Territory electricity market by certifying as effective the N