鈥淎ustralia鈥檚 universities have been calling for regulatory relief, so this is a step in the right direction,鈥 木瓜影院 Chief Executive Officer Luke Sheehy said.
鈥溎竟嫌霸 will co-chair this working group with the Department of Education to ensure the sector鈥檚 expertise directly informs practical reforms.
鈥淯niversities should be focused on teaching students and delivering world-class research, not navigating layers of red tape.
鈥淭he increasingly complex, overlapping and costly compliance environment we operate in is a distraction from the main game. It diverts time and resources away from students and research, and that comes at a cost to national productivity.
鈥淐utting unnecessary red tape is a practical productivity reform. Every hour and every dollar redirected from compliance to teaching and research strengthens Australia鈥檚 skills base, drives innovation and lifts productivity.
鈥淲e need smart, streamlined regulation that preserves quality and public confidence, while stripping away unnecessary overlap and compliance burdens.
鈥淭his has to be about cutting red tape, not adding to it.
鈥淲e welcome the government鈥檚 leadership on this and look forward to turning this into practical changes that deliver for students, universities and for the nation.鈥
