Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting on Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

As I have already said, this is a very important reform process. It is about increasing productivity, building a stronger Australian economy, adding to jobs and adding to wages. Many reforms have been completed. A further example is the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for the Health Professions, a national system of trade measurement. Believe it or not, in a country such as Australia, we did not have nationally consistent trade measurement—and we were one of the few countries in the world not to have nationally consistent trade measurement requirements. There has also been the implementation of the regulation of trustee corporations. There are many reforms still underway. Occupational health and safety has certainly had some attention in the media of late, as has the introduction of the national system for registering business names. There is no national requirement for the registration of a business name in Australia— (Time expired)