Chris Bishop

The coalition government is to use its controversial ‘fast track’ legislation to bypass drawn-out environmental approvals and speed the development of coal.

The coalition government will replace one law with two, which it says will make it easier to build everything from a house major infrastruture.

Kāinga Ora manages the government’s rental stock and builds more houses, with an annual expenditure of $2.5 billion and total assets of $45 billion.

The coalition government says the moves will ‘encourage landlords back to the rental property market’ and reduce the housing shortage.