JULIA Gillard has spurned a state offer to streamline "green tape" on major resource and construction projects, drawing blunt criticism from business leaders taken by surprise at the backdown yesterday in a closed-door forum in Parliament House.
Dismissing appeals from top company executives, the Prime Minister insisted on a national agreement to make environmental approvals more efficient rather than accept a compromise from Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu and NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell covering 70 per cent of the economy.
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