Regulator Review looks at how well Australian regulators and similar agencies do their jobs. Commonwealth and state bodies are both in scope, along with agencies that aren’t strictly regulators but have a similar role.
What we look at
Each review starts with what the body is for, from its legislation and its own website. We then go through its annual reports and media releases to see what it actually did with the powers it has, and grade it on the gap.
What you get for each regulator
- A grade from A to F, with a grade and a reason for each criterion.
- A short article setting out the main finding.
- The full report, with the figures year by year and a source for each one.
- Blog posts on anything else worth knowing that doesn’t fit in the article.
Where this comes from
Everything on this site comes from public records: annual reports tabled in Parliament, the regulators’ own websites and media releases, legislation, and published tribunal and court decisions. Every figure has a year and a source. If we’ve got something wrong, tell us through the Contact page and we’ll fix it.