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Professional Development
Forthcoming Courses
Click here to view our schedule of training courses for the next few months.
Our Professional Development Courses
The Public Land Consultancy, in association with the law firm Maddocks, is pleased to offer a suite of training courses for staff of Councils and other land management agencies in Victoria.
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Planning Law - A Strategic Overview |
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A one-day introduction to the law governing planning in Victoria. The course is designed for:
- Senior officers of Victorian councils or statutory authorities
- Middle-level professional officers requiring a sound conceptual understanding of planning systems in Victoria
- Private sector professionals including lawyers, planners and surveyors
For full details, download the course brochure  |
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Public Land Leases and Licenses |
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A one-day professional development course for Managers and Users of Public Land.
This course is designed to map out the law governing leases and licences on both Crown and freehold public land, and to explore the policy issues and procedural requirements that must be understood for its sound administration.
For full details, download the course brochure  |
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Native Title and Aboriginal Heritage |
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Recognition of Native title and Aboriginal Heritage have become essential elements of any dealings in public land, urban or rural. This one-day course provides a sound background to Commonwealth and State law in these areas. Where possible, this course is presented in collaboration with traditional owners.
For full details, download the course brochure  |
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Vegetation and the Law |
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This one-day professional development course covers the law relating to vegetation – both native and exotic.
It covers Victorian legislation, planning schemes and legal processes. It is presented on behalf of the Public Land Consultancy by the Environment Defenders Office.
For full details, download the course brochure  |
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Crown Land Law, Policy and Practice |
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This one-day course is essential learning for any professional officer dealing with land in Victoria.
It provides a sound overview of the legislation governing Crown land, its alienation as freehold or leasehold, its reservation under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act and other Acts, and the major policy considerations affecting its planning, use and development.
For full details, download the course brochure  |
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Land Law for Coastal Authorities |
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An Intensive one-day professional development course for staff of councils and government authorities with responsibility for control and management of coastal lands and waters. It covers beaches, foreshores, ports, off-shore areas; and corresponding legislation including the Coastal Management Act and the Port Services Act.
For full details, download the course brochure  |
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Land Law for Managers of Roads, Streets and Lanes |
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The law relating to roads is amongst the most complex that property professionals find themselves having to understand.
This one-day course provides a clear and comprehensive account of how roads are owned, controlled and managed, and how they are legally created, opened, closed and discontinued.
“This course should be mandatory for all VicRoads technical staff” – Senior VicRoads engineer.
For full details, download the course brochure |
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Land Law
for Managers of
Rivers and Streams |
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Riparian land is of vital environmental and recreational significance, yet its governance is often bogged down in archaic legislation and irrational administrative arrangements.
This course explains it all, and examines the reform agenda likely to arise from evolving government policy.
For full details, download the course brochure |
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Land Law for Service Utilities |
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Service utilities such as water authorities may put infrastructure into their own land, reserves, easements, roads, or Crown land.
This one-day course provides a clear explanation of these types of land status, how they are created and abolished, and utilities’ rights over them.
For full details, download the course brochure  |
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Public Land for Urban Planners |
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Many urban precincts include a large proportion of public land – roads, reserves and railway land – often
under-utilised or poorly configured.
This course aims to provide Strategic Planners and other Council Officers with a tool-kit for the rationalisation or adaptive re-use of these spaces.
For full details, download the course brochure |
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Land Law for Managers of Parks, Gardens & Reserves |
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Whether you manage a National Park, the Municipal Gardens, or the Plantations in the middle of Main Street, you probably need to know more than they taught you when you studied Environmental Science or Horticulture.
This one-day course will provide you with a sound understanding of those areas of land law and property law that govern your domain.
For full details, download the course brochure  |
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Environmental Law - a Strategic Overview |
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This one-day course provides a clear perspective on the inter-relationships between the environment, State and Commonwealth legislation, its administering agencies, and the legal processes of government and the courts.
The course has been developed primarily for professional and technical staff of municipalities, government departments and statutory authorities. It is presented on behalf of The Public Land Consultancy by the Environment Defenders Office.
For full details, download the course brochure |
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Our Training Philosophy and Credentials
All our courses are soundly based in law and policy. They provide a practical understanding of complex technical issues and de-mystify the bureaucratic and legal jargon which so often obscures them... [more]
Our Training Course Format
All courses are of one day duration, with a maximum of 10 students - but within those limits we offer a range of flexible course format options. You may enrol in one of our Melbourne-based or Provincial-based courses. Alternatively, we can run the course for your staff, either in your offices or off-site... [more]
Contact our Training Course Coordinator
To register your interest in attending a forthcoming course, or for information about our training courses, contact Lesley Simons [more]
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Our free monthly Email Bulletin contains articles about current public land issues, factual information on areas of land law or policy, answers to readers' questions, and notification of our forthcoming workshops and courses.... [more] |
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Each year we offer a series of one day Workshops on current legal and policiy issues.... [more] |
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The Public Land Consultancy provides independent professional consultancy advice for developers, land managers and user groups who work with public land..... [more]
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