What the data shows so far
These are computed from the database on every build, not written by hand. As the database grows they will change, and some will reverse. That is the point of publishing the method rather than the conclusion.
Time spent waiting for a person, not a decision
For each process, the share of critical-path days classified as scheduling or queue: time in which nobody is assessing anything and the file is simply waiting its turn. This is the time that can be recovered without lowering a single standard.
Processes where sequence, not substance, sets the pace
The gap between running every step end-to-end and running independent steps side by side. A large gap the jurisdiction does not currently capture is a resequencing opportunity; a large gap already captured is good administration.
Bodies that appear most often
A body appearing in many processes is a chokepoint: improving its turnaround improves everything downstream of it, which usually beats reforming any single process.
- Aboriginal community-controlled housing sector
3 steps across the database
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
1 step across the database
- Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority
4 steps across the database
- Australian Communications and Media Authority
1 step across the database
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
1 step across the database
- Private building certifier (ACT)
9 steps across the database
- Access Canberra
4 steps across the database
- Territory Planning Authority
29 steps across the database
- Access Canberra Land Titles
4 steps across the database
- Australian Energy Market Operator
2 steps across the database
- Australian Energy Regulator
2 steps across the database
- Aged care assessment organisation (Single Assessment System)
4 steps across the database
- GP training college (AGPT administrator)
2 steps across the database
- Australian Government Security Vetting Agency
2 steps across the database
- Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
2 steps across the database
- Australian Apprenticeship Support Services
2 steps across the database
- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
1 step across the database
- Administrative Review Tribunal
11 steps across the database
- Australian Rail Track Corporation
2 steps across the database
- Australian Signals Directorate — Australian Cyber Security Centre
4 steps across the database
- Australian Securities and Investments Commission
3 steps across the database
- Australian Skills Quality Authority
8 steps across the database
- Australian Taxation Office
6 steps across the database
- Brisbane City Council — Development Services
1 step across the database
- Clean Energy Regulator
1 step across the database
- Commonwealth Ombudsman
3 steps across the database
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
3 steps across the database
- Community housing provider
1 step across the database
- Community legal centre
1 step across the database
- Community pharmacy
3 steps across the database
- Education regulators and the CRICOS register
4 steps across the database
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
1 step across the database
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
19 steps across the database
- Defence Industry Security Program and Defence Export Controls
4 steps across the database
- Department of Defence
10 steps across the database
- Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
14 steps across the database
- Distribution network service provider
3 steps across the database
- Department of Social Services
4 steps across the database
- Department of Veterans' Affairs
6 steps across the database
- Department of Education (Commonwealth)
5 steps across the database
- Electricity retailer
1 step across the database
- Fair Work Commission
4 steps across the database
- General insurer
2 steps across the database
- Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
18 steps across the database
- Department of Home Affairs
15 steps across the database
- Homes NSW
13 steps across the database
- Housing Australia
3 steps across the database
- High Speed Rail Authority
5 steps across the database
- Infrastructure Australia
2 steps across the database
- Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
3 steps across the database
- Leaving Violence Program provider
2 steps across the database
- Social housing maintenance contractor
3 steps across the database
- Metering coordinator
1 step across the database
- Mobile network operator
2 steps across the database
- My Aged Care
6 steps across the database
- National Water Grid Authority
4 steps across the database
- National Disability Insurance Agency
7 steps across the database
- NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
2 steps across the database
- National Emergency Management Agency
1 step across the database
- National Regulatory System for Community Housing
1 step across the database
- Children's Court of New South Wales
3 steps across the database
- Corrective services
2 steps across the database
- Consent authority (NSW council)
49 steps across the database
- NSW Early Childhood Education regulatory authority
6 steps across the database
- NSW energy rebate administration
6 steps across the database
- Housing Delivery Authority (NSW)
3 steps across the database
- Health Infrastructure NSW
6 steps across the database
- Land and Housing Corporation
1 step across the database
- Legal Aid Commission
5 steps across the database
- Local health district credentialing committee
1 step across the database
- Transport for NSW and Service NSW
4 steps across the database
- Local court (domestic violence orders)
1 step across the database
- State medicines and poisons regulator
2 steps across the database
- NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure
12 steps across the database
- NSW Police Force
3 steps across the database
- Registered certifier (NSW)
28 steps across the database
- State public dental service
5 steps across the database
- State revenue office
1 step across the database
- State and territory skilled migration nomination
1 step across the database
- NSW Land Registry Services
5 steps across the database
- NSW state training authority
6 steps across the database
- NSW Treasury (Infrastructure Investor Assurance)
3 steps across the database
- State water authority and register
5 steps across the database
- NDIS Worker Screening Unit (NSW)
4 steps across the database
- Youth Justice NSW
3 steps across the database
- Building certifier (NT)
9 steps across the database
- Land council
1 step across the database
- Motor Vehicle Registry (NT)
3 steps across the database
- Development Consent Authority (NT)
29 steps across the database
- Land Titles Office (NT)
4 steps across the database
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
2 steps across the database
- Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator
2 steps across the database
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee
3 steps across the database
- Placement host organisation
3 steps across the database
- Assessment manager (Qld)
29 steps across the database
- Building certifier (Qld)
13 steps across the database
- Department of Transport and Main Roads
5 steps across the database
- Titles Queensland
4 steps across the database
- Building certifier or accredited professional (SA)
9 steps across the database
- Department for Infrastructure and Transport (SA)
3 steps across the database
- Relevant authority (South Australia)
29 steps across the database
- Land Services SA
4 steps across the database
- Solar Accreditation Australia
1 step across the database
- Services Australia
41 steps across the database
- Skills assessing authority
2 steps across the database
- Specialist medical college
1 step across the database
- State transport agency
1 step across the database
- State working with children check screening unit
5 steps across the database
- Building surveyor (Tasmania)
9 steps across the database
- Department of State Growth (Tasmania)
5 steps across the database
- Planning authority (Tasmanian council)
29 steps across the database
- Land Titles Office (Tasmania)
4 steps across the database
- Therapeutic Goods Administration
1 step across the database
- Transmission network service provider
12 steps across the database
- Building surveyor (Victoria)
9 steps across the database
- Department of Transport and Planning (VicRoads)
4 steps across the database
- Victorian Minister for Planning (Environment Effects Statement)
1 step across the database
- Responsible authority (Victorian council)
29 steps across the database
- Land Use Victoria
4 steps across the database
- Veterans' Review Board
1 step across the database
- Building surveyor and permit authority (WA)
9 steps across the database
- Department of Transport (WA)
4 steps across the database
- Local government (WA planning)
29 steps across the database
- Landgate
4 steps across the database
- Employment services provider
6 steps across the database
How to read all of this responsibly
- A process with few steps may be well designed, or may simply be less documented here. Always check the sourced percentage.
- Elapsed time assumes independent steps run concurrently. Where a jurisdiction serialises them anyway, real duration is worse than shown — so these figures are optimistic, not alarmist.
- Waiting on availability is not automatically waste. A monthly panel may be the cheapest way to get scarce expertise in a room. It is a place to look, not a verdict.
- None of this measures whether the outcome is good. A fast process that approves a dangerous building is worse than a slow one that does not.
