Extracts from a media release from Minister of State Development Peter Ryan and Treasurer Michael O’ Brian. ON Wednesday, 08 January 2014 acting Premier and Minister for State Development Peter Ryan along with Treasurer Michael O’Brien have announced 36 red tape reforms to boost productivity and reduce costs for Victorian businesses. Mr Ryan said the …
WORK Authority and Work Plan applications and variations have been on the CMPA’s agenda since 2005 when in September that year a workshop was held at LaTrobe University to specifically review the ‘Checklist for Work Plans’ and the ‘Triggers for Work Plan Variation’. The draft strategies proposed by attendees at that point with the (then) …
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA provides a further update on the Rehabilitation Bond System. OVER the past 10 years, the total bank guarantees for rehabilitation bonds (construction materials industry) held by the Minister increased from $37.51 million in June 2003 to $105 million in June 2013. This is despite only $18,000 being spent by …
DR ELIZABETH GIBSON, General Manager CMPA reports on the administrative review by the Department of State Development, Business and Innovation. Department of State Development, Business and Innovation, Earth Resources Regulation Branch (ERR) has engaged KPMG to undertake a review of the way in which ERR administers the Earth Resources Regulatory Framework. This will include bench …
An update by DR ELIZABETH GIBSON. THE Department of State Development, Business and Innovation (DSDBI) is responsible for delivering on the Government’s response to the Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee (EDIC) Inquiry into Greenfields Mineral Exploration and Project Development in Victoria that was handed down in May 2013. DSDBI has established the Earth Resources Reform …
GLENN GUEST, Director and Part owner of Pyrenees Quarries reports on the diversity and growth of the business. WHEN early settlers erected their dwellings and created their garden landscapes in the new Victorian goldfields towns that sprang up in the 1850’s, they used the local stone and natural materials that were such an endemic element …
Challenges for the New Year JOHN MAWSON, Chairman of the CMPA reflects on 2013 and the challenges that lie ahead for Members next year IN 2011/12 58 million tons of extractive industry products were produced in Victoria. The value of this material was around $833 million. CMPA members account for approximately half of this production. …