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Poppy Johnston

Thirty licences to open a cafe: state red tape ranked

Top-ranked states for doing business had the least amount of hoops to jump through. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

Before a cafe can get up and running in Victoria or Tasmania, operators must cobble together more than 30 different licences, permits and registrations.

In the Northern Territory - the jurisdiction with the fewest licensing hoops to jump through - cafe owners have 22 to navigate.

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