The governing of policy in a federal system increasingly involves complex systems of state and non-state actors and we need to rethink our approach to regulatory reform to include the building of sector wide capacity to effectively operate within such complex and dynamic environments. An advantage of our federal system is that it enables local variation to meet local needs, responding with a degree of sensitivity to pressures at a variety of levels of government. It provides an admittedly complex set of state based and nationally based consultative forums. In land transport reform the National Transport Commission is a key player in this process, both enabling differing interests to have a voice, as well as playing an essential part in guiding and managing, as an independent body, what is a necessarily complex system.