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Land Administration Systems
In Australia: Queensland
Steven Jacoby
General-Manager Information Policy
Department of Natural Resources & Mines
Chair, Queensland Spatial Information Council
ANZLIC Member (Queensland)
Queensland – State sketch
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1.73M Sq Kms – 22.5% continent
Population 4 Million (20% Australia)
Population growth 2.1%p.a. (highest)
Will be second largest State by 2010 (past Vic)
Local Governments
– 125 Local Councils
– 15 Aboriginal Councils
– 17 Island Councils
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Rateable Properties – 1,445,300
Land Parcels – 2,660,900
New Parcels – 55,000 p.a.
Queensland – State sketch…
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Professional Surveyors – 820
Valuers – 1397
Freehold Tenure – 21% (area)
Leasehold Tenure – 68% (area)
National Parks – 4% (area)
Mining (Development) Tenures (area)
– Minerals 0.35%
– Coal 0.22%
– Petroleum 1.24%
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Registered Indigenous Land Use Agreements
– 120 Qld
192 Aust.
Natural Resources & Mines
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Leading Queensland’s stewardship of
natural resources
– Balance current demands on our natural
resources with the sustainable needs of future
generations
– Working closely with other governments,
industry & the community
– Using integrated approach: land, water,
mineral, petroleum, vegetation & cultural
resources
– Excludes Primary responsibility for: primary
industries, environment, planning
National Co-operation Initiatives
• Council of Australian Governments
– Water Resource Management Reform
– Water Trading – Water Licences to transferable
water allocations
• National Action Plan for Salinity & Water
Quality
• National Heritage Trust
• ANZLIC – Spatial Information Council
– Standing Committee on Land Administration
• NSINS – National Spatial Information for
National Security
Queensland – Positive Aspects
• Significant investments in State LAS,
integration in mature (land) systems
– Automated Titles Registration (land & water)
– Valuations & Sales (QVAS)
– Land Asset Management System
– Digital Cadastral Database
• Robustness and integrated nature of
Queensland’s legislative planning framework
• Access to integrated government information
– Information Queensland
www.information.qld.gov.au
Information Queensland
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Access to Information
All appropriate information to be available to the public online (default)
$6.3M / 3 year program – Election Commitment
All Queensland Departments
Spatial & aspatial data
Free & fee
Public domain & restricted
1.5M hits per month / 30% interstate / 76 Countries accessed
the site last months
Queensland – Challenges
• Complex interests of the 3+ tiers of
government
– Federal
– State (25 Departments, 600 ‘entities’)
– Local (158 local – including one big one, 15
Aboriginal & 17 Island Councils)
– Regional Arrangements (15 Regional bodies)
• Digital Cadastral Data Base
– Spatial representation of the ‘cadastre’
– Maintained post registration (no pre-approvals)
– Major users maintain at pre-registration
– No 3D geometry
Queensland – Challenges…
• Rights, Obligations & Restrictions
– Significant changes in law governing land use over
the last 20 years
– 180 pieces of legislation in Queensland creating a
ROR in land across all tiers (~15 on title)
– Major Federal legislation
• Native Title Act 1993
• Environmental Protection & Biodiversity Conservation
Act 1999
– State legislation
• Water Act 2000
• Vegetation Management Act 2004
– Manage Public perception of ‘Land Ownership’
Approaches we’re using
• Queensland has imposed strict regulatory,
compliance and penalty regimes
• Now seeking to transition to a cooperative or
partnership model between land owners & govt
• Doing that through:
– Consultation & collaboration with stakeholders
– Establishing landscape – property level planning
instruments that achieve sustainable outcomes
– Introducing incentive programs (eg $12m Vegetation IP)
Comments on the LAS model
Queensland & the LAS model
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Integrated vision – triple bottom line agreed
Policy focus – is on land management outcomes not
land administration
– Eg. Vegetation Clearing Ban
– Science & research plays as important role as land
information in policy formulation
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Require a very broad view of land…
– Water, Vegetation, Minerals, Cultural resources
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Institutional arrangements are complex
– Largely State based
– Multi agency (and levels of government)
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Access to information and engagement in the policy
development process is critical
Next 10 years…
• Access to all appropriate information by the public is
achieved
– E-services
– All RORs discoverable on a parcel in Queensland
• Public is engaged in consultation, decision-making
and policy development process
– E-democracy
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– Made Federated system work (max positives)
– Sharing, authentic data, ICT Service oriented approaches…