Kristian Ruming
Department of Environment and Geography, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
Nicole Gurran
Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Notes
1. Under the Australian Constitution the responsibility for planning rests with the states.
2. Council of Australian Governments – especially the COAG Reform Council.
3. See, for example, Department of Sustainability and Environment (Citation2006); Government of Western Australian (Citation2009); Government of South Australia (Citation2009); New South Wales Government (Citation2012).
4. The Environmental Protection (Greentape Reduction) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2012. See Dodson and Steele this issue.
5. For example, the current NSW Coalition government campaigned strongly while in opposition over the concerns of corruption within in the planning system in the final years of the previous Labor regime.
6. Except the Northern Territory.