Development Applications

Revamp to Tasmanian planning approvals process could result in 'wild west on steroids', mayors warn
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Revamp to Tasmanian planning approvals process could result in 'wild west on steroids', mayors warn

The development approvals process risks becoming a 'wild west on steroids' in Tasmania, if proposed planning reforms come into play, a group of mayors have warned. According to the draft …

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Development Planning Local Local Government
Liverpool City councillors split over whether embattled council should be suspended amid investigation
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Liverpool City councillors split over whether embattled council should be suspended amid investigation

Representatives at an embattled south-west Sydney council have been divided over whether it should be suspended, after an investigation found "widespread and serious concerns about dysfunction". Local Government Minister Ron …

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Investigation Allegations Council Liverpool
Wingecarribee Council failed to acknowledge bushfire victims, inquiry hears
3 years ago

Wingecarribee Council failed to acknowledge bushfire victims, inquiry hears

A public inquiry into the Wingecarribee Council in the New South Wales Southern Highlands has heard the council was "just wasn't there" in the wake of the Black Summer bushfires …

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Inquiry Council Horton Felt
Building costs go through the roof, dashing homeowner dreams
3 years, 1 month ago

Building costs go through the roof, dashing homeowner dreams

Tania Williams and her husband have been trying to build their first home for about eight years. "But we couldn't finalise the mortgage application because the builder couldn't finalise how …

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Building Williams Her Husband Builder
Pudong accelerates AI expansion
3 years, 8 months ago

Pudong accelerates AI expansion

Visitors observe a robot making a cocktail during the WAIC 2021 in Shanghai on July 5. Development in new area to target basic and core solutions to better serve economy …

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Industry Shanghai Ai Area
Fracking applications now welcome in WA, but industry's biggest challenge could still be ahead
5 years, 6 months ago

Fracking applications now welcome in WA, but industry's biggest challenge could still be ahead

Now that Western Australia's moratorium on fracking has been lifted, can gas from the Kimberley prove that it is economically viable? "I have a number of roles associated with the …

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Oil Gas Fracking Petroleum
Turing Robot bets on innovation for development
8 years, 8 months ago

Turing Robot bets on innovation for development

Yu Zhichen, founder and CEO of Turing Robot, speaks at the Robot Innovation Conference in Beijing on July 28, 2016. Beijing-based Turing Robot, a startup less than two years old, …

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Beijing Turing Innovation Conference Turing Robot
Council to stop referring Port Albert planning applications to CMA
11 years, 1 month ago

Council to stop referring Port Albert planning applications to CMA

The Wellington Shire Council has voted to stop referring planning applications for Port Albert to the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority for advice. New flood restrictions introduced in 2010 were …

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Council Port Albert Flood Overlay Referring Planning