Cadastral Reform in Australia

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Cadastral Reform in Australia

• Keith C. Bell
• Surveyor General of Victoria
• Victorian Member, ICSM
• Chair of ICSM Permanent Committee on
• Cadastral Reform
• Cadastral Technologies
• Wellington
• 10 October
• 2001

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Presentation Overview

• Overview of ICSM
• Specialist Committees
• Strategic Goals
• Cadastral Model
• Cadastral Reform Defined
• Reform Drivers, Barriers
• ICSM Reform Priorities
• Further Information

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Major Cadastral Reform Issues in Australia

• Who is responsible?
• Land administration inefficiencies
• National vs state
• E-lodgement
• Spatial accuracy
• Privacy
• Data and use
• New technology

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Resolutions from Brisbane Congress

• 26 September 2001, Brisbane
• RESOLUTION 1
• This forum recommends that the relevant bodies
  develop generic performance indicators for
  Australias 8 jurisdictional land administrations
  systems by 2003
• RESOLUTION 2
• This forum recommends that ISA convenes, a
  national conference on reform of land
  administration systems, involving all relevant
  bodies by 2004.
• RESOLUTION 3
• This forum recommends to relevant bodies to
  undertake a review of the efficiency and
  effectiveness of the maintenance of 8 separate
  jurisdictional land administration systems
  (including cadastral survey systems) in
  Australia, and commit to a migrating to a single
  system (at least common elements) by 2010, which
  matches or exceeds worlds best practice.
• RESOLUTION 4
• This Forum recommends that ISA requests RSBANZ in
  conjunction with ICSM to develop a national model
  for a single survey system.

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Overview of ICSM

• Peak Intergovernmental Committee for Surveying
  and Mapping
• Established in 1988 by Prime Minister, State
  Premiers and NT Chief Minister
• Succeeded National Mapping Council
• Expanded role to cover both surveying and mapping
• All States, Territories, Commonwealth (including
  Defence) and New Zealand

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Cadastral Model
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What is Cadastral Reform

• Is concerned with improving the efficiency,
  operation, effectiveness and performance of a
  cadastral system
• Scope of reform is not confined to surveying and
  mapping
• Embraces all elements of land administration

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ICSM Cadastral Reform Drivers

• Information Change Drivers
• Capture of Information
• Access to Information
• Delivery of Information
• Market for Information
• Land Administration
• Changing Client Expectations
• Micro Economic Reform
• E-Business
• Globalisation

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ICSM Cadastral Reform Barriers

• Organisational
• Jurisdictional and Political
• Financial
• Technological
• Awareness

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ICSM Cadastral ReformPriorities

• Development of a cadastral model
• Advice to ANZLIC on Electronic Lodgement
• Identifying Stakeholder requirements and
  developing relationships with Stakeholders
• Develop a Business Case for improved spatial
  accuracy of digital cadastral databases

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Key Reform Issues

• Leadership
• Communication
• ICSMs mandate
• The importance of the spatial component
• Going digital is not reform, rather it is an
  enabler for reform
• Business process re-engineering
• Risk of doing nothing

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Further Information

• Visit the ICSM website at
• www.anzlic.org.au/icsm
• Alternatively contact ICSM
• Executive Officer
• Phone [phone]
• Email icsm_at_auslig.gov.au