Talk:List of Fast-track Approvals Bill projects

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The list is wrong

The list is based on the initial government press release: "The 149 projects released today for inclusion in the Government’s one-stop-shop Fast Track Approvals Bill…"

However, the true size of the list is 342. And as far as I know, this has not been reported in the media. The information is in the report of the Advisory Group. The projects get split across schedules 2A ("shovel-ready") and 2B ("not shovel-ready"). The 149 projects that government reported on 6 October are all on 2A, but there are in fact 199 projects on that list. In addition, there are 143 projects on schedule 2B. It's also worth noting that each project has been given a priority; that would be useful to record in this list, too. Schwede 66 08:22, 10 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

And there's now a press release that covers the above in a little more detail. Schwede 66 07:56, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, this is the first media report (on page 11) that explains how the list grew from 149 to 342 projects. And don't think, "ah, that's just a wee community newspaper" – the owner is a very clever marine scientist who does great investigative journalism. Schwede 66 19:07, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, some more info on this. A journo who has been looking into this has received the following from Chris Bishop's press secretary. The story hasn't come out yet but she's shared the response with us:

On behalf of Minister Bishop:

The decision to remove Schedule 2B from the Bill was made by Cabinet rather than by the Environment Committee.
Therefore Schedule 2B will be removed from the Bill in the Committee of the Whole House stage, prior to its third reading.
The projects which will be listed in the Bill are the 149 projects previously announced by Ministers. Sams Creek Mine is not one of those.

Hope that helps,

Mikaela Bossley

Senior Press Secretary - Hon Chris Bishop

If you'd tried to go about things in a more confusing way, you'd have to try really hard. This is difficult to beat. Schwede 66 04:10, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]