We need your URGENT help please to support Labor to make the right decision and put people and communities first, and reject the Major Projects Bill (MPB).

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This is urgent as the MPB could be debated in the Tasmanian Parliament as early as 18 August 2020. Labor is in a position to influence whether the MPB passes the Tasmanian Parliament or not.

The Tasmanian Liberal Government’s proposed MPB will create a new planning process that diminishes community involvement in the assessment of large and complex projects which could be highly controversial.

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Community groups across the state have been clear in their opposition to the MPB, highlighting their key concerns, including:

·         a loss of community rights to appeal bad development decisions;

·         limits on meaningful community input to major projects assessments;

·         the sidelining of the trusted and independent Tasmanian Planning Commission;

·         the side-stepping of parliamentary oversight for State significant projects;

·         almost any project would be eligible to be declared a major project e.g. all current controversial projects across Tasmania could foreseeably be pulled into this process – Cambria Green on the east coast, Westbury prison, Fragrance skyscrapers in Hobart and Launceston, Marinus, Lake Malbena Helicopter proposal and other developments in our National Parks and Reserves and World Heritage Area, and cable cars proposed for kunanyi/Mt Wellington, Mt Roland and Cataract Gorge.; and

·         the Planning Minister has unchecked power to declare a development a ‘major project’ thereby removing it from the usual planning process.

These changes fundamentally undermine our democracy.

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Your support is hugely appreciated. Now is the time to ensure Tasmania’s direction is set by transparent and independent decision making that enshrines a strong role for the community – and we cannot do it without you!

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