Government to declare war on red tape in first day back to Parliament sitting
Cutting red tape will be one of the central planks of Jeremy Rockliff’s State of the State address to Parliament on Tuesday. Why he is launching a new sweeping assault.
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Cutting red tape for business will be one of the central planks of Premier Jeremy Rockliff’s State of the State address to Parliament on Tuesday.
Mr Rockliff will reveal a sweeping assault on government red tape and regulation his address and declare a strong economy as his government’s major focus.
“To give people the best possible opportunity to deal with cost-of-living pressures, we need a strong economy,” he will tell parliament.
“To continue our record investment in our health system, we need a strong economy.
“To keep building the roads, the bridges, the schools and hospitals, we need a strong economy.
“To be able to implement the Commission of Inquiry recommendations to keep our children safe, we need a strong economy.”
The Liberals were elected in 2014 on a pledge to cut red tape and have operated a Red Tape Reduction Unit within the Office of the Coordinator-General which has produced an annual Tasmanian Red Tape Audit Report.
In his 2020 State of the State address, then Premier Peter Gutwein noted that 84 per cent of 125 identified red tape issues had been resolved — equating to over 100 red tape reforms made by the government at the time.
Last year, Minister for Business, Industry and Resource Eric Abetz said 86 per cent of 198 red tape issues identified since 2014 had then been dealt with.
Last week Minister for Housing, Planning, and Consumer Affairs Felix Ellis said he was preparing to tackle red tape in the housing sector.
“We know that the building and construction sector has faced too much red-tape when trying to get home-building opportunities out of the ground,” he said.
But still red tape abounds and. Mr Rockliff will on Tuesday new measures to identify and cut unnecessary red tape and regulations.
He will tell parliament it is his intention “to make sure we are not using resources on things that are not the priority. Or where there’s duplication or waste.
“It will enable us to structure government more efficiently.
“We need to make sure that every state service job is effective, and as productive as possible and every cent we spend really is value for taxpayers’ money.
“Business creates jobs. Business creates productivity.
‘Our role is to make that as easy as possible, to get out of people’s way ensuring we can call out to the rest of the country and the world: if you want to start and grow a business, Tasmania is the best place in Australia.”
Originally published as Government to declare war on red tape in first day back to Parliament sitting
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