However, the VLGA is disappointed that the focus of the review has been on efficiency and minimising planning bureaucracy; and negligible attention has been afforded in the review process to meeting Victoria’s environmental challenges and issues of sustainability. Having been involved in many previous reviews, the VLGA expresses disappointment that the systemic changes and improvements suggested in previous reviews have been ignored by this Review.
There is considerable ‘unfinished business’ from previous reviews that can be implemented without legislative amendments and with minimal disruption. We note that most of these reviews or inquiries are as yet incomplete.