Red tape 'holds up growth and jobs' in north

Written on the 30 March 2017

Red tape 'holds up growth and jobs' in north

State Government red tape is holding up job creation and up to $350 million in private investment in WA's north, according to a group of leading pastoralists.

Yeeda Pastoral Company manager Jack Burton said vast tracks of the region were earmarked for irrigated agriculture by the Government, but approvals had stalled.

"There's around $350 million in private investment just sitting there ... about 500 jobs in limbo ... probably $100 million a year in annual income," he said.

"Something is broken, the politics is all pro-development and pro-jobs but it all seems to come to some kind of wall because of bureaucracy."

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Source: thewest.com.au


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