| Abstract: | Abstract: The effective management of state government property and the development of parcel-based land information systems are inhibited by administrative, legal and accounting mechanisms dating from colonial days. For environmental and efficiency and effectiveness reasons, new ways of categorising Crown and other government land are required. A distinction needs to be drawn between operational and other property to enable mechanisms such as rent or interest to be applied to operational property. Land status as Crown land or freehold should no longer be a determinant of responsibility for management or financial accountability. In the process of reforming the machinery of government for property management, the opportunity should be taken to rearrange the responsibilities for the certification of title and for boundary establishment. |
