Labor backtracks to reinstate planning squads
In a bid to speed up housing and planning approvals in country Victoria, more building surveyors will be deployed across five regional councils in a recently announced pilot program. This…
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Community must be consulted about Cooba Solar Facility
The consultation period for the proposed Cooba Solar Facility must be extended so that concerns from impacted community members and councils are heard properly, according to local MPs from The…
Red tape preventing development in state’s growth corridor
Developers in the Mitchell Shire have met with local MPs in Kilmore to discuss ongoing infrastructure and planning challenges they are facing locally. The developers were joined by The Nationals’…
Constituency Questions: Planning Squad
TRANSCRIPT: My question is for the Minister for Planning, and I ask: how will the government help councils that are struggling to provide effective housing options for current and prospective…
Labor hoarding funds slated for growth areas to prop up budget
The Andrews Government is hoarding crucial Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution (GAIC) funds as a smokescreen to prop up the budget bottom line. Established in 2010 as a way for landowners…
Cleeland calls for planning squad to address local developer concerns
Nationals Member for Euroa Annabelle Cleeland has called on the Government to step in to address the concerns that local developers are having and ensure developments in regional areas are…