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April 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has proposed a one-stop shop for environmental approvals to untie the economy from excess ‘green tape’.
A coalition government would offer state and territory governments the chance to administer a single environmental approvals process.
This would include approvals needed under Commonwealth legislation such as the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
Mr Abbott says states and territories that agree to be part of the one-stop shop process should have a significant advantage attracting investment.
‘Engendering competition between the states would be a way to make Australia’s federal system work for us rather than against us,’ he told a meeting in Brisbane on Friday.
The states should aim to have up to 70 per cent of planning compliant residential and light industrial development applications exempted from the assessment process, Mr Abbott said.
‘The proponent of a residential development in Mission Beach, for instance, should not need Canberra’s go-ahead just because there are cassowaries in north Queensland,’ he said.
‘Environmental standards should be clear, assessment processes should be swift, and decisions should be unambiguous.
‘Approvals have to be final, subject to an equally clear and consistent formal review mechanism.
‘They can’t be at the mercy of last-minute lobbying by campaigners, lest Australia start to lose the investment, the jobs and the wealth upon which lasting and sustainable environmental outcomes depend.’
The process would be accompanied by deadlines for decision-making with penalties if they were breached.
The one-stop shop could also be extended to councils that choose to be involved.
For some projects, such as major offshore developments, the states and territories may prefer to have the Commonwealth as the sole, designated assessor.
In the speech, Mr Abbott will restate his opposition to federal Labor’s carbon tax on the nation’s top 500 polluters.
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