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REFORMED INDUSTRIAL AND RURAL ZONES FOR VICTORIA

By Gavin Moreira

ANDREW NATOLI, Lawyer and Town Planner for Equipe Lawyers Pty Ltd reports on the Victorian land use planning system and its zones. WHY ARE ZONES IMPORTANT? The CMPA covers a broad range of construction material processing businesses engaged in the extracting, processing or otherwise working of sand and stone materials or materials recycling, the performance …

REHABILITATION BONDS – STILL BROKEN

By Gavin Moreira

Prepared by the CMPA SECRETARIAT -–The systems in place governing construction material rehabilitation bonds continue to cause our Members a great deal of concern particularly considering that the Regulator currently holds over $105 million in bank guarantees. This article looks at the history of the issue and specifically why a review is necessary. HISTORY The …

Removal of Red Tape

By Gavin Moreira

DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager for CMPA reports on the meeting held with the Red Tape Commissioner. A meeting was held with the Red Tape Commissioner at Kilmore with CMPA’s Ron Kerr and Dr Elizabeth Gibson in attendance. THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WERE RAISED The burden of regulation is leading to a sharp decline in new …

A Work Plan Template

By Gavin Moreira

DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA comments on the development of a Work Plan Template. CMPA arranged a meeting on 7 August 2013 at Northern Quarries (Conundrum Holdings) with John Mitas General Manager Minerals and Extractive Operations, Department State Development Business and Innovation (DSDBI) to give consideration to a WorkPlan Template. There were eighteen people …

CMPA News (Issue 70)

By Gavin Moreira

CMPA Secretariat provides an update of the latest news and happenings. ANNUAL DINNER PHOTOS Would you like a happy snap of you and your friends all dressed up for the Annual Dinner? Photos from the night are available to be downloaded free of charge from htt p://frankamato.com.au/CMPA2013AnnualDinner High resolution, printable versions of the photos can …

Coragulac Quarries

By Gavin Moreira

PHIL BOYD and STEVE LANG, Directors of Coragulac Quarries looks at the development of the business. PHIL Boyd and Steve Lang worked for a number of years in the timber preservation industry. Both were always keen to own and run their own business and in 1996 purchased Coragulac Quarries. Coragulac Quarries is situated fourteen kilometres …

FROM THE CMPA SECRETARIAT (Issue 70)

By Gavin Moreira

Meeting with DSDBI DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA reports on DSDBI – meeting with Kylie White and Ron Barr. A meeting was held on 19 July 2013 in Melbourne with Rob Barr, Deputy Secretary Corporate Planning and Compliance Services and Kylie White, Director Earth Resources Regulation Branch (EERB) of the Department of State Development …