How Australia’s Liberal Party plans to help corporations overcome environmental regulations
Under this Liberal National Party plan, a nuclear obsessed government such as South Australia’s, could make environmental decisions that really affect the whole country – C.M.
Coalition’s Greg Hunt to create one-stop approval, BY:SID MAHER , THE AUSTRALIAN, October 01, 2011 GOVERNMENT environmental approval processes will be streamlined and consent will be deemed to have been granted if deadlines are not met under a Coalition policy aimed at lifting productivity and attracting investment.
Opposition environment spokesman Greg Hunt plans changes, to be unveiled this weekend, to simplify federal environment laws and regulations to allow a “one-stop shop” approach to major environmental approvals.
“We absolutely want to radically decrease costs, delays and uncertainties in the approvals process,” Mr Hunt said….
Under the plan, states and territories will be able to act as a one-stop shop for all environmental approvals. In the case of major projects, such as offshore assessments, the states could hand their approvals to the commonwealth as the sole designated assessor….
Mr Hunt said the incentive for participation by individual states would be “competitive federalism”, with states that choose to participate having a “significant advantage”.
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