Construction approval bill tops agenda as Parliament resumes Friday

Akash Sama­roo

Gov­ern­ment is promis­ing a “very ro­bust” leg­isla­tive agen­da when Par­lia­ment re­sumes on Fri­day, with leg­is­la­tion aimed at re­mov­ing what the cur­rent ad­min­is­tra­tion de­scribes as a long­stand­ing bot­tle­neck in the con­struc­tion ap­proval process set to come be­fore the House.

Leader of Gov­ern­ment Busi­ness in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives Bar­ry Padarath con­firmed to Guardian Me­dia that the Pub­lic Health (Amend­ment) (No 2) Bill, 2026 will be among the leg­is­la­tion be­fore MPs when the House re­turns on Sep­tem­ber 11.