Managing the Relationship between Local Government and State
Government - The Victorian Experience
by Leonie Newnham, John Parker and Adrian Spall
Key words: local government, partnership, co-operation, land
information.
Abstract
Increasingly organisations are required to work together, as well
as through others to achieve their objectives. Australia has three
tiers of government and has had to operate for many years in an
environment where responsibility for service delivery is split between
policy makers and service deliverers, and between local , state or
national government. The relationships between government has at times
been difficult to manage and does not always provide the best possible
outcome. This paper reviews how Land Victoria as a Division of the
Department of Natural Resources and Environment in a state government
worked in partnership with Local Government to achieve significant
land information management reform. The changes achieved include the
development of significant electronic property information holdings at
the local level and the wide acceptance of the Victorian state digital
map base that builds in information exchange and maintenance. Examples
will be given as to how co-operation and sharing of data can develop.
The paper reviews how the relationship was developed along cooperative
lines between the two tiers of government and will review network
theory and relationship marketing as the principles that guided the
approach taken. This approach may prove to provide an example of how
other governments or organisations can work in a similar situation.
M/s Leonie Newnham, MBA, DipEd, BA
Land Victoria
Department of Natural Resources & Environment
Level 11
8 Nicholson Street
East Melbourne
AUSTRALIA
E-mail: leonie.newnham@nre.vic.gov.au
Prof. John R Parker, Chair FIG Commission 1
Land Victoria
Department of Natural Resources & Environment
Level 2
456 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne
AUSTRALIA
Email: john.parker@nre.vic.gov.au
or park106@dcsi.net.au
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