Elise Archer MP

In reference to Dr Julian Amos’ article (Mercury 30/11), he rightly states that Tasmania is falling behind the rest of the country in terms of planning reform.

For too long the Labor-Green government has had the ‘closed for business’ sign up, instead of working to grow the economy and attract much needed investment and development in Tasmania.

The Liberals have already announced that in Government we would implement a single statewide planning scheme for all development in Tasmania, including residential, commercial and industrial - instead of the current 36 planning schemes across 29 councils.

We believe that government should be doing everything it can to facilitate development and this includes streamlining the process for development applications, which at present is needlessly complicated.

This is about getting our planning priorities right, creating certainty for investors and the community, and re-booting the economy by making sure the planning system supports investment, rather than holding it back.

Regards

Elise Archer
Shadow Minister for Planning