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Commonwealth of Australia

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The federal tier. Rarely the direct approver for building or small business, but sets environment, tax, migration, communications and workplace obligations that sit alongside state processes.

The Commonwealth matters to this database in two ways.

First, it can add an entire parallel approval track: an action likely to have a significant impact on a matter of national environmental significance triggers its own assessment under the EPBC Act, running alongside -- not instead of -- the state process. Where that happens it is usually the longest single step in the whole chain.

Second, it sets obligations that are not approvals at all but still consume the same weeks of the same person: registering an entity, tax registrations, employment obligations. These are recorded here because from the applicant's side there is no difference between a step that can refuse you and a step that merely must be completed before you can proceed.

Key legislation

Processes in this jurisdiction

ProcessStepsElapsedScheduling
Contest a Commonwealth decision at the Administrative Review Tribunal6 524d86%
Older person from first contact to first day of home care9 349d68%
Aged care wages are raised through a work value case6 2185d8%
Become a qualified aged care worker7 432d5%
A person completes a trade apprenticeship9 1296d0%
Person obtains Medicare-rebated psychological therapy7 282d7%
A general practice bulk bills and claims the incentives6 315d0%
Family with a Child Care Subsidy debt after balancing5 423d0%
Family receives the Child Care Subsidy and is balanced against actual income7 610d10%
Child receives dental care under the Child Dental Benefits Schedule4 31d0%
A childcare place is created where the market will not build one9 1575d13%
Register as a provider of courses to overseas students5 935d10%
An entity reports one cyber incident8 127d0%
An Australian SME becomes able to work on classified defence work10 810d22%
Acquire a major defence capability10 5540d10%
Person with disability from seeking work to employed with supports9 530d41%
A farm household in hardship obtains support7 410d0%
Veteran lodges a compensation claim and receives a determination9 487d25%
Become a qualified early childhood educator in Australia10 525d4%
Overseas-qualified early childhood teacher begins work in Australia7 389d77%
A person is cleared, registered and monitored to work with children in early childhood8 93d0%
Commonwealth environmental approval for a residential subdivision10 755d12%
Commonwealth funding reaches a student in a fee-free TAFE place8 1270d14%
A doctor enters and completes general practice training9 3747d4%
A social housing project funded under the Housing Australia Future Fund9 2090d7%
Environmental and planning approval for high speed rail — Newcastle to Sydney15 2700d0%
JobSeeker recipient meets mutual obligations under the compliance framework8 51d41%
Person seeks restoration and compensation after a wrongly cancelled payment8 1365d40%
Person walks into a Medicare Mental Health Centre4 4d0%
Person with disability from access request to first funded support9 311d24%
Become a registered NDIS provider6 367d0%
A new medicine is listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme8 930d39%
A person is treated for a common condition at a pharmacy6 1d0%
A student completes the clearances required before a mandatory placement8 210d0%
Skilled worker seeks permanent residence through the points test9 629d81%
A container terminal is approved at an Australian port6 540d0%
Mobile coverage reaches a place the market will not serve7 940d19%
Register a company and its tax registrations — federal4 3d0%
Renter receives Commonwealth Rent Assistance8 212d0%
Older person enters residential aged care8 258d37%
A freight train already built is approved to run from Melbourne to Brisbane9 540d28%
A household installs rooftop solar and is permitted to export9 58d52%
Register as a training organisation and get onto a funded course list6 510d0%
Employer sponsors a skilled worker — Skills in Demand visa8 171d40%
Overseas-trained medical specialist begins practising in Australia7 266d66%
International student obtains a visa and commences study9 196d15%
Patient receives a Medicare-rebated telehealth consultation6 4d0%
Build a major transmission line — sequential easement pathway10 4110d0%
A state obtains Commonwealth capital for an urban public transport project6 480d38%
A training provider is approved to originate Commonwealth student debt7 780d8%
Student obtains a VET Student Loan and incurs a debt8 444d0%
Former VET FEE-HELP student seeks removal of an unfair debt6 785d23%
A water infrastructure project reaches construction funding8 1990d9%

Bodies

Councils and sub-jurisdictions