Policy Development and Reform

The Public Land Consultancy is committed to fostering the review of policy and law relating to public land.

Orphaned Roads

Those roads which nobody wants to manage…

• VicRoads' 2011 paper - "Outline of legislation amendments under consideration for roads on Crown land"
• Our response for the MAV - "Memo re RM Act amendments"
  

Public Land @ 5 Million

Melbourne, The Future, and Public Land

As Melbourne heads for a population of 5 million, public land will become increasingly central to processes of change, to expressions of civic values, and to urban economics. At our conference of 21 April 2009, a number of eminent speakers and commentators outlined their visions for public land in a future Melbourne. For copies of their papers, please click on the links below.

  Marcus Spiller: Melbourne Governance & Fiscal Reform (0.4 mb)

  Prof Michael Buxton: Melbourne's Peri-Urban Areas (1.7 mb)

  Liz Johnstone: Port Phillip at 5 Million (7.5 mb)

  David Gabriel-Jones: Public Land and the Law (1.4 mb)

  Dr Ian McPhail: Public Land with a Purpose (3.9 mb)

  Duncan Malcolm: The VEAC Melbourne Investigation (0.07 mb)

Reform of Riparian Land Governance

The Public Land Consultancy is pleased to have been engaged by the Department of Sustainability and Environment to advise on the reform of the law relating to governance of land along Victoria's rivers and streams.

  Executive Summary (1.9Mb)

Full Paper (3.6 Mb)

Register for Our Next Workshop or Presentation

Register for a forthcoming workshop or presentation and we will get back to you.

Past Workshops, Papers and Presentations

Each year, The Public Land Consultancy offers a series of one-day Workshops in conjunction with the law firm Maddocks.

  “Towards a New Public Land Sustainablility Act”
       Presentation to Dept of Sustainability & Environment

  “Riparian Land – Challenges for Victorian Law-Makers”
       Presentation to Institution of Surveyors, Victoria

  “Events on Crown Land"
       Presentation to Law Institute of Victoria

  Encroachments and Adverse Possession
       Workshop in association with Maddocks