Regional Development Commissions Act 1993

The objects of a commission are to —

maximize job creation and improve career opportunities in the region;

develop and broaden the economic base of the region;

identify infrastructure services to promote economic and social development within the region;

provide information and advice to promote business development within the region;

seek to ensure that the general standard of government services and access to those services in the region is comparable to that which applies in the metropolitan area; and

generally take steps to encourage, promote, facilitate and monitor the economic development in the region.

For the purposes of achieving those objects a commission is to —

promote the region;

facilitate coordination between relevant statutory bodies and State government agencies;

cooperate with representatives of industry and commerce, employer and employee organizations, education and training institutions and other sections of the community within the region;

identify the opportunities for investment in the region and encourage that investment;

identify the infrastructure needs of the region, and encourage the provision of that infrastructure in the region; and

cooperate with —

departments of the Public Service of the State and the Commonwealth, and other agencies, instrumentalities and statutory bodies of the State and the Commonwealth; and

local governments,