Reform progress

COAG reform agenda: Report on progress 2011

The COAG reform agenda: Report on progress 2011 is the council’s second report on what governments are achieving across the entire COAG reform agenda.

Our report found that 20 of the 26 major reform commitments are currently on schedule. However, some reform commitments—such as the national Rental Affordability Scheme, improving the availability of social housing and the National Strategy on Energy Efficiency—are behind schedule.

With an investment of $186 billion at stake over the next four years, the council believes it is critical that COAG throws its full weight behind these reforms. Strong political leadership and determined effort from all governments is essential for COAG to meet its long-term goals.

This report was submitted to COAG on 30 September 2011, and publicly released on 15 November 2011.

Reform progress: At a glance

Theme 1: A long-term strategy for economic and social participation

Providing universal access to early childhood education	Completely or largely on schedule
Improving literacy and numeracy achievement	Completely or largely on schedule
Improving teacher quality and school leadership	Completely or largely on schedule
Providing additional training places	Completely or largely on schedule
Addressing educational disadvantage	Completely or largely on schedule
Addressing homelessness	Partly behind schedule / Insufficient information to assess

Theme 2: A national economy driven by our competitive advantages

Regulatory reforms	Completely or largely on schedule
Competition reforms	Completely or largely on schedule
Regulation making and review processes	Completely or largely on schedule
A national regulator for vocational education and training	Completely or largely on schedule

Theme 3: A more sustainable and liveable Australia

Developing a housing supply and affordability reform agenda	Completely or largely on schedule
Implementing the National Rental Affordability Scheme	Partly behind schedule / Insufficient information to assess
Improving the availability of social housing	Partly behind schedule / Insufficient information to assess
Developing the Basin Plan	Partly behind schedule / Insufficient information to assess
Establishing a national water market system	Completely or largely on schedule
Improving energy efficiency of buildings and households

Theme 4: Better health services and a more sustainable health system for all Australians

Public hospital funding and accountability	Completely or largely on schedule
A nationally consistent activity-based funding scheme	Completely or largely on schedule
Establishing Local Hospital Networks	Completely or largely on schedule
Establishing Medicare Locals	Completely or largely on schedule
Improving elective surgery waiting times	Completely or largely on schedule
Enhancing preventive health measures	Completely or largely on schedule
Implementing an e-health system	Partly behind schedule / Insufficient information to assess

Theme 5: Closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage

Closing the gap in Indigenous health outcomes	Completely or largely on schedule
Improving remote service delivery	Completely or largely on schedule
Improving remote Indigenous housing	Completely or largely on schedule

Legend:

Completely or largely on schedule
Partly behind schedule / Insufficient information to assess
Key aspects behind schedule

Report highlights – PDF 423 KB

Executive summary – DOC 280KB | PDF 253KB

Full report – DOC 1.4MB | PDF 1.2MB

Report by section:

Chapter 1: Reporting on the COAG reform agenda – PDF 186KB

Chapter 2: Are institutional features being realised? – PDF 646KB

Chapter 3: Are key reform commitments being met? – PDF 413KB

Chapter 4: Are key indicators showing progress? – PDF 547KB

For the media material associated with this report visit the Media centre.

COAG reform agenda: Report on progress 2010

This report was submitted to COAG on 30 July 2010, and publicly released on 21 September 2010.

COAG's response to this report can be found in the completed reports section of the Timeframes page.

Executive summary – DOC 325KB | PDF 115KB

Full report – DOC 1.85MB | PDF 1.03MB

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