1.1        Coalition Senators make the following additional comments on the interim report.

1.2        The Senate Select Committee on Red Tape's motivation in addressing the considerable regulatory burden of red tape on health services has identified issues that may affect the efficiency of the sector, as well as access to services, the variety of services provided, access to medicines, and the ability of practitioners to provide their services in the most efficient manner.

1.3        The committee identified numerous issues of over regulation, duplication of regulatory processes, regulatory efficiency, regulatory complexity and regulatory volume.

1.4        Noting that this is an interim report, Coalition Senators will provide additional comments on these issues once the final report has been tabled.

Senator James Paterson
Senator for Victoria

Senator Slade Brockman
Senator for Western Australia 

Navigation: Previous Page | Contents | Next Page