00:00Plans to fill this vacant block with 40 units that are yet to materialise are the perfect
00:07example of why planning reforms needed, according to the State Government.
00:12It's now going ahead because it met the scheme.
00:14The problem under the existing rules is that it's taken four years of legal action for
00:19it to actually get to this point.
00:21Legislation to create development assessment panels will be introduced and debated in Parliament
00:26this week.
00:27The bodies would see local councils sidelined from planning decisions in some cases.
00:32If they're compliant with the local provision schemes that council sets out and agrees to,
00:37then these projects will be delivered with certainty.
00:41Consultation on a draft bill finished just days ago, but it felt more like confrontation.
00:46Councils say the bill's an overreach, removing the community's voice.
00:50Concerns dismissed by the Premier as grandstanding and self-interest.
00:54I think it makes a mockery of having consultation if you have it open for five weeks and then
01:00within a number of days introduce the legislation.
01:03Dean Winter says Labor supports the proposal in principle, but wants to see the final bill
01:07tabled by Felix Ellis.
01:10He's been attacking local government, trying to create fights.
01:12He's been sort of like the Donald Trump you order from Wish.
01:16He has been a very, very poor advocate for this policy.
01:20He needs to decide whether he's going to back in pro-jobs legislation, pro-housing legislation.
01:27Support that could be vital for DARPs to become law.
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