Policy Reviews, Evaluations and Strategic Advice

We apply our expertise to a range of additional services including:

• Cost benefit analysis
• Industry and sectoral research
• Impact assessments (including human rights, gender impacts)
• Governance reviews
• Capacity and capability reviews
• Compliance reviews and evaluation
• Policy effectiveness evaluation

Some previous projects have included:

• Advice on reducing plastic pollution associated with bird hunting
• Review of VCAT Remuneration scale for administrators under the Guardianship and Administration Act
• Review of the Kangaroo Harvesting Program
• Advice on cost recovery for the Victorian Energy Upgrades program
• Advice and analysis on obligations under the Environment Protection Act upon disclaimer of onerous interests
• Evaluation of Part 6 of the Education and Training Reform Regulations (Home Schooling)
• Strengthening enforcement under the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act
• Review of Underground Residential Distribution arrangements
• Discussion Paper for remaking of the Electricity Safety (Registration and Licensing) Regulations
• Enhancing the safety of DC isolators in PV systems
• Impact Assessment of Options for a Brown Coal Emissions Intensity Standard
• Design of new regulatory framework for poppy cultivation and processing in Victoria
• Advising the Victorian Government on its response to the independent Review of Electricity and Gas Retail Markets in Victoria (options for Default Offer)
• Review of the administration and effectiveness of the Fisheries (Fees, Royalties and Levies) Regulations
• Evaluating the Building Surveyor Reforms
• Assessment of the productivity improvements of Land Victoria operations
• Assessment of the National Occupational Licensing System (NOLS) impacts for Victoria
• Review of non-compliance issues in roofing (stormwater) plumbing
• Advice on local government powers of enforcement under various noise regulations
• Effectiveness of EPA Legislated Voluntary Agreements
• Review of Metropolitan Waste Management Group (MWMG) operations
• Reducing uncertainty in the Fully Integrated Carbon Model (FullCAM)
• Review of legislative framework for managing spatial information in Victoria
• Review of Procurement Policy: Social, Environmental and Economic Sustainability (Banyule Council)
• Rates and Gross Regional Product Analysis (Shire of Yarra Ranges)
• Reform of waste charges (Darebin Council)
• Tourism Operator Licence Policy Review
• Review of Crime Statistics Agency Fees
• Advice on designing Gaming machine pre-commitment regulatory options
• Review of proposed institutional reforms in environmental agencies for the Victorian Government’s Land and Biodiversity White Paper
• Development of handbook (Future Coasts) of performance indicators and instruments for Victoria’s environmental agencies
• Review of Governance Arrangements and Key Governance Risks: Bellarine Bayside Foreshore Committee of Management
• Advice on the development of funding models for Catchment Management Authorities
• Review of Agricultural Chemical User Permits
• Evaluation of Chemical Standards Branch, Biosecurity Victoria Report into a Proposed Levy on Light Weight Plastic Shopping Bags

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