Development Industry Regulatory Reform
The State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to
stimulating the development sector by pursuing statutory reform in
an effort to slash both red and green tape.
Speaking at a UDIA development forum this week, the Deputy
Premier (and Minister for State Development and Infrastructure and
Planning) Jeff Seeney, confirmed that the major changes proposed
under the Sustainable Planning and Other Legislation Amendment Bill
2012 (SPOLAB 2012) (released on 13 September 2012) were the key to
getting the State's development industry back on its feet.
Mr Seeney touched on the high points of the changes proposed by
the SPOLAB 2012 (a single State assessment and referral agency,
removal of master planning and structure planning arrangements and
streamlining the assessment process) but did not raise much that
was new during his presentation. During question time however, Mr
Seeney added some colour to the motivation behind
