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Black acknowledged the changes would be hard to implement but said action was required.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hear from members that some councils are highly professional while others are unresponsive and can take months to make a decision, in some cases running down the clock because they can,\u201d Black said.<\/p>\n

He said state governments should also have the power to assess and approve proposed projects that are deemed to be of \u201cstate significance\u201d. Each state currently sets its own threshold for determining what qualifies, ranging from a $20m project value for metropolitan developments in Western Australia to $75m in Sydney. The BCA argued that top threshold should be lowered.<\/p>\n

It also recommended what it described as a \u201cstate concierge service\u201d for monitoring and speeding up decisions, suggesting a model used in Queensland could be replicated across the county.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source: www.theguardian.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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