CANBERRA, ACT, April 29 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
The Albanese Government is supercharging the transition to faster, more streamlined project assessments and approvals under our historic environmental law reforms.
The Government will provide more than $45 million over 4 years to progress bilateral agreements with states and territories that will reduce duplication.
The investment will encourage state and territory governments to prioritise progressing and signing new assessment and approval bilateral agreements with the Commonwealth, that take advantage of the recent reforms. This will ensure proponents can benefit sooner from quicker, more efficient environmental approvals.
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