The Victorian Government has released its Extractive Resources Joint Ministerial Statement 2025 to underpin investment in the state’s quarry sector.
The Victorian Government outlined that the Joint Ministerial Statement 2025 is intended to fast-track quarry approvals by removing barriers in government departments.
“By getting quarry approvals moving faster, cutting unnecessary delays, and giving industry more certainty to invest – we can keep delivering the homes and infrastructure our growing state needs,” Victorian planning minister Sonya Kilkenny said.
A cornerstone of the statement is plans to strengthen state planning policies. This is intended to provide clarity on where quarries can be established through the creation of Strategic Extractive Resources Areas. Through this, quarries can have more certainty around investment while the community will have greater certainty on the location of quarries.
According to the Victorian state government, approval times are 40 per cent faster on average than in previous years. This has been driven through the creation of the Resources Victoria Approvals Coordination (RVAC) unit. The RVAC unit has unlocked close to 480 million tonnes of raw quarry materials with quarry approval times improved by more than a third during the 2024/2025 financial year, according to the government’s data.
“We’re making sure our quarries can keep delivering the materials needed to build and upgrade housing, hospitals, schools, infrastructure, roads and renewable energy projects,” Victorian Energy and Resources Minister Lily D’Ambrosio said.
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