BUILDING, PLANNING AND LAND-USE REGULATIONS ARE THE LARGEST BURDENS IMPOSED ON BUSINESS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN AUSTRALIA, ACCORDING TO THE PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION’S MOST RECENT REPORT, “PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING OF AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS REGULATION: THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS REGULATOR.” In undertaking this study, the Productivity Commission was requested to benchmark the extent to which local governments, […]
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ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY IS PART OF MOST MODERN DEVELOPMENTS AND ON THE SWAN COASTAL PLAIN, WHERE PERTH IS LOCATED, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT GIVEN WE ARE LOCATED IN ONE OF THE TOP TWENTY BIODIVERSITY HOT SPOTS IN THE WORLD. With local, state and federal government environmental approvals applying to many developments it can be a minefield […]
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THE STATE GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED A MORATORIUM ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF WESTERN POWER’S COLLECTION OF THE TAX ON CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS. Sometimes common sense does come into play, even in the frantic lead up to the State Budget. The State Government has announced a moratorium on the implementation of Western Power’s collection of the tax on […]
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