For many years I was a NSW Regulator, now I'm on the other side of that fence. Rather than living in Regulatory Purgatory, here ar

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Australian Federal and state governments will have their reform efforts ranked in a new index that measures their benefits to the economy and is expected to build pressure for further action.AlphaBeta  has created the index to measure reform across every federal government since 1984 and plans to extend it to state governments.The index – known as the "Structural Reform Momentum Index" – ranks each piece of reform out of 10 in terms of its economic impact. It then adds the scores together to give a five-year rolling average score for each year.https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/official-reform-efforts-hit-multi-decade-low-20200811-p55kp9

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