5. Stakeholder engagement

In accordance with the AGCRP, stakeholder consultation is generally undertaken when changes to cost recovery arrangements are proposed. As AICIS fees and levies will remain unchanged for 2025–26, engagement was appropriately limited to industry associations (see section 5.1.1) with broader consultation to occur for any proposed future changes.  

5.1    Industry engagement

5.1.1    Industry association engagement for AICIS’s charging arrangements for 2025-26

In December 2024, AICIS met with representatives from Accord Australasia, Chemistry Australia, and the Australian Paint Manufacturers’ Federation to discuss regulatory charging arrangements. During this engagement, Industry was advised that preliminary analysis of current assessment applications indicated greater regulatory effort than initially anticipated. However, due to high variability in application effort data, AICIS will continue collecting data to improve its reliability and better inform future pricing decisions. At the time AICIS foreshadowed potential indexation of fees for services. 

In March 2025, AICIS subsequently advised peak industry associations that fees and levies would remain unchanged for 2025–26 (see section 3.4.3).