{"id":64036,"date":"2024-06-06T13:55:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T01:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/?p=64036"},"modified":"2024-08-27T08:56:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:56:58","slug":"what-is-the-fast-track-approvals-bill-and-why-is-it-so-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/what-is-the-fast-track-approvals-bill-and-why-is-it-so-dangerous\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Fast Track Approvals Bill, and why is it so dangerous?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Luxon Government introduced the so-called Fast Track Approvals Bill in March, and it is a wrecking ball in his Government&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/aotearoa\/story\/luxons-fast-track-war-on-nature\/\">War on Nature<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Its aim is to fast-track consents for development projects, allowing developers to bypass environmental protections and democratic scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n<p>Instead of a transparent process, the Fast-Track Approvals Bill gives just one minister, Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop, oversight of a hand-picked &#8216;expert panel&#8217; with the power to give the thumbs up to development projects without having to go through the usual checks and balances that protect the environment.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>The Fast Track Bill highlights the Luxon government\u2019s desire to plough, plunder and pollute whole swathes of Aotearoa without any public consultation, ignoring the wishes of local communities, hap\u016b and iwi, and evidence from scientific experts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>In April, the Government invited about two hundred companies to apply through the Fast Track process.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/06\/da8a6393-luxonwreckingball_-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/06\/da8a6393-luxonwreckingball_-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/06\/da8a6393-luxonwreckingball_-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/06\/da8a6393-luxonwreckingball_-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/06\/da8a6393-luxonwreckingball_-510x340.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-aotearoa-stateless\/2024\/06\/da8a6393-luxonwreckingball_.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Those companies include the dairy giant Fonterra, the notorious fishing company Talley\u2019s, and wannabe seabed miners Trans-Tasman Resources.<\/p>\n\n<p>Trans-Tasman Resources were invited despite repeatedly losing their application to mine the seabed off the coast of Taranaki. 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