The Employers and Manufacturers Association has high hopes for tomorrow's reveal of the Resource Management Act overhaul.

The Government's announcing significant changes tomorrow, foreshadowing it as one of this term's biggest pieces of reform.

It says it'll be introduced this year - and pass before next year's election.

EMA Advocacy Head, Alan McDonald, told Ryan Bridge councils interpret the current RMA for themselves - letting planning differ from region to region.

He says the old RMA system did not protect the environment.

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