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Fast track bill implications - harm_less - 03-05-2024 I don't usually consider posting links to paywalled content but this Newsroom article sums up the implications of the proposed Fast track bill brilliantly. RE: Fast track bill implications - Lilith7 - 03-05-2024 Anne Salmond has an open submission on the bill. https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/20/anne-salmond-my-open-submission-on-this-radical-flawed-fast-track-bill/ Quote:The issues raised by the fast-track bill go far beyond party politics. They show an utter disregard for democracy – ‘of the people, by the people, for the people.’ The bill also declares war on the natural world – which is one we can’t win. https://theconversation.com/5-reasons-why-the-fast-track-approvals-bill-threatens-nzs-already-fragile-ecosystems-227888 RE: Fast track bill implications - harm_less - 05-05-2024 This report on submissions received so far in regard to the Fast track bill is interesting and tends to suggest that the bill has some major hurdles and potential future remedial backtracking to look forward to. RE: Fast track bill implications - Lilith7 - 05-05-2024 These are clearly people who do not care about other people, the environment or the planet. Money is their objective, pure & simple. If they have their way then there will be little left in the end. To even consider what they intend to do is an indication of the type of people they are. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/514060/fast-track-bill-which-projects-could-be-approved-for-quicker-consent Quote:Stevenson Mining has been chasing consent for a coal mine on a mountaintop site near Westport. RE: Fast track bill implications - harm_less - 05-05-2024 Does the situation in play across the ditch seem similar to how our Fast Track Bill will work, or is it just me? RE: Fast track bill implications - Lilith7 - 05-05-2024 (05-05-2024, 03:27 PM)harm_less Wrote: Does the situation in play across the ditch seem similar to how our Fast Track Bill will work, or is it just me? Its not just you - that's scarily similar, though perhaps not quite as bad. Yet. |