📋 Fast-track approvals for infrastructure and mining projects
← All policiesThe Fast-track Approvals Act 2024 created a one-stop-shop consenting process: the Infrastructure Minister can refer an approved project straight to an expert panel for streamlined approval under the Resource Management Act and several other Acts (Wildlife, Conservation, Reserves, Crown Minerals), rather than through the normal, separate consenting processes under each. A 2025 Amendment Bill extended and adjusted the regime further.
How each party has stood on this policy over time. On a 🔄 Aye = against vote, whoever voted Aye is shown as opposing the policy, not supporting it. 🙋 Conscience vote rows show which way most of that party's MPs voted, plus what % voted Aye in the House.
| Vote | National | Labour | Green | ACT | NZ First | Te Pāti Māori |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill
✓ Passed
9 Dec 2025
· Third reading
|
✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes | ✕ Opposes | ✓ Supports | ✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes |
|
Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill
✓ Passed
9 Dec 2025
· Second reading
|
✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes | ✕ Opposes | ✓ Supports | ✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes |
|
Fast-track Approvals Amendment Bill
✓ Passed
6 Nov 2025
· First reading
|
✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes | ✕ Opposes | ✓ Supports | ✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes |
|
Fast-track Approvals Bill
✓ Passed
17 Dec 2024
· Third reading
|
✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes | ✕ Opposes | ✓ Supports | ✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes |
|
Fast-track Approvals Bill
✓ Passed
13 Nov 2024
· Second reading
|
✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes | ✕ Opposes | ✓ Supports | ✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes |
|
Fast-track Approvals Bill
✓ Passed
7 Mar 2024
· First reading
|
✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes | ✕ Opposes | ✓ Supports | ✓ Supports | ✕ Opposes |