BUILDING, PLANNING AND LAND-USE REGULATIONS ARE THE LARGEST BURDENS IMPOSED ON BUSINESS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN AUSTRALIA, ACCORDING TO THE PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION’S MOST RECENT REPORT, “PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING OF AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS REGULATION: THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS REGULATOR.” In undertaking this study, the Productivity Commission was requested to benchmark the extent to which local governments, […]
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THESE NEIGHBOURING SUBURBS HAVE BECOME AN INCREASINGLY PROMINENT DESTINATION FOR NEW HOME PURCHASES, WITH MORE THAN ONE IN SEVENTEEN NEW HOUSES BUILT THERE IN 2012 These two suburbs located between the Tonkin Hwy and Kwinana Fwy has featured prominently over the last five years, increasing its share to 6.3 per cent of all Perth metropolitan […]
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Construction industry groups have joined forces with the WA Police Force to launch the Partnership Against Crime Taskforce (PACT) with the aim of curbing theft on Western Australian construction sites. The signatories to the PACT Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) are the WA Police Force, security specialists Braven Group Services, Master Builders WA (MBAWA), the Urban […]
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