A LIBERAL senator has hatched a radical plan to get more water projects approved across Australia, but the idea involves scrapping a whole level of government.
Queensland Senator Gerard Rennick visited councils from the Far North down to Central Queensland in a bid find out what was standing in the way of major water developments.
Mr Rennick believes major projects like Hells Gates dam, reservoirs and flood mitigation would be built if the regulatory process was eased.
The senator believes the Queensland government is regulating water projects out of existence and getting in the way of local councils plans to strengthen the state's water security.