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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-899/
- Published: 2024-02-03T17:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-03T07:01:50.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Economy, General, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:07

> The government is proposing changes to fast-track resource consents in a new bill set to go before Parliament in early March.  
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> The minister charged with resource management reform, Chris Bishop, said high costs and long wait times were stifling economic growth.  
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> The current system was costing infrastructure projects around $1.3 billion each year, he said.  
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> “For too long, New Zealanders have had to wait for progress in their towns and cities due to the overly-restrictive RMA. Today we have taken the first steps in cutting through this mess of red tape, so we can supercharge New Zealand’s infrastructure and economic potential,” Bishop said.  
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> The bill would prioritise regionally and nationally significant infrastructure and development projects and create a structure for projects meeting certain criteria to be referred by ministers into a fast track process. \[…\]  
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> Minister for Regional Development Shane Jones said the proposal would unlock opportunities in industries such as aquaculture and mining about the country.  
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> Projects would go before an expert panel to ensure that adverse effects to the environment were managed appropriately but the panel would have only a limited ability to decline a project once it had been referred into the process.  
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> [RNZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/508248/government-takes-first-steps-to-speed-up-consent-process?ref=goodoil.news)

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