Project Approvals Process
The State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 provides the Coordinator-General the power to declare a project to be a ’significant project’, based on one or more of the following criteria:
- complex approval requirements, including local, state and federal Government involvement
- a high level of investment in the state
- potential effects on infrastructure and/or the environment
- provision of substantial employment opportunities
- strategic significance to a locality, region or the state.
Once a project is declared significant, an environmental impact statement (EIS) is usually required to ensure the project’s environmental, social and economic impacts are appropriately considered.
Further details on the process and other material can be found on the Office of the Coordinator-General, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation.