Consultation

Public consultation on the review of the BPM will occur through a combination of submissions and target consultations led by the Expert Group. A discussion paper has been prepared by the Expert Group to form the basis for public consultations. It has been drafted to encourage comments and ideas from a broad range of stakeholders, including individual consumers and businesses as well as their advocates, advisers and peak representative bodies. Any person or organisation is welcome to lodge a submission.

The issues and questions raised in the discussion paper aim to help guide the preparation of submissions and are not intended to be exhaustive. The review is designed to cover the entire content of the BPM and the way in which it has been implemented and adopted. Submissions may also contain suggestions about action that the Government might take outside of the BPM.

Submissions and requests for further information should be directed to the Expert Group’s secretariat at:

Postal Address:	Review of the Australian E-commerce Best Practice Model Competition and Consumer Policy Division Department of the Treasury Langton Crescent CANBERRA ACT 2600
Phone:	02 6263 2989
Fax:	02 6263 3964

Key dates for the review are:

Date	Activity
31 October 2003	Start of consultation period
19 December 2003	Closing date for submissions
End of July 2004	End of targeted consultations
Second half of 2004	Release of final report

All submissions will be published on the website subject to any claims for confidentiality.