ANZLIC

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ANZLIC
The Spatial Information Council
Formation1986;36 years ago (1986)
Website www.anzlic.gov.au
Formerly called
Australian Land Information Council (ALIC); Australia and New Zealand Land Information Council (ANZLIC); Australia and New Zealand Spatial Information Council

ANZLIC, or The Spatial Information Council, is the peak intergovernmental organisation providing leadership in the collection, management and use of spatial information in Australia and New Zealand. [1] [2] It supports the establishment of a Spatial Data Infrastructure in the region [3] [4] [5] [6] and has published geospatial metadata standards. [7] ANZLIC started in 1986 as the Australian Land Information Council (ALIC) and it became the Australia and New Zealand Land Information Council (ANZLIC) in 1991. [8] ANZLIC, now refers to itself as the Spatial Information Council. [9]

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Warwick Watkins was the longest serving Chairman of ANZLIC, 2000–2011, until he was dismissed from the NSW Public Service. ANZLIC chair appointments are typically only for two years, but Watkins held the chair for more than eleven. Drew Clarke immediately replaced Watkins as Chair of ANZLIC and remained as Chair until mid 2015. [10] Watkins was found guilty of corruption by the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and sacked from government. [11] [12] [13] [14]

ANZLIC, under Watkins, was the driver of the Spatial Information Industry Action Agenda. Elizabeth O'Keeffe, Victoria ANZLIC delegate (Land Victoria), represented ANZLIC on the Spatial Information Industry Action Agenda Steering Group. Warren Entsch, then Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Science and Resources, officially welcomed the establishment of a steering group to drive the Spatial Information Industry Action Agenda in November 2000. [15] The Action Agenda was released in September 2001. [16] O’Keeffe, herself, was reportedly removed from her Land Victoria role, and consequentially as Victorian representative to ANZLIC, arising from an investigation into attempt fraud of a government trust fund. On 12 July 2002, the prominent Melbourne newspaper, The Age, reported that O’Keeffe had resigned and further reported that the Opposition claimed O’Keeffe had been sacked. Her Minister, Sherryl Garbutt denied that O'Keeffe had been sacked. [17] The same day, O’Keeffe issued an internal memo, copied to all DNRE staff, dismissing the Opposition claims and advising she had instructed her lawyers to seek an unconditional retraction and apology from the Opposition and media. Also, she advised she would take legal action on any further claims. [18]

The Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM), became a standing committee of ANZLIC in 2002. [19] ICSM was established by the Prime Minister, State Premiers, and the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory in 1988. Since that time the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand have joined ICSM. The Australian Defence forces are also represented on ICSM. Members are senior representatives of surveying and mapping agencies. Prior to 1988 a similar body, the National Mapping Council (NMC), had coordinated cooperative Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory mapping programs since 1945. Although the NMC had been an effective forum, the changing operational environment of the late 1980s led to the cessation of the NMC and the formation of ICSM to cover both surveying and mapping issues, as they related to Government activities, to ensure continued cooperation in these activities on a national basis. [20]

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  3. ↑ Williamson, Ian P.; Rajabifard, Abbas; Feeney, Mary-Ellen F., eds. (2003-07-10). "Development of the Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure". Developing Spatial Data Infrastructures. CRC Press. doi:10.1201/9780203485774. ISBN   978-0-429-20492-0.
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  5. ↑ "Spatial data infrastructure for Australia and New Zealand".
  6. ↑ "ANZLIC Strategic Plan 2020-2024" (PDF).
  7. ↑ Macauley, Craig (2005). "Australia and New Zealand ANZLIC Metadata Guidelines". World Spatial Metadata Standards. Elsevier. pp. 201–218. doi:10.1016/b978-008043949-5/50014-0. ISBN   978-0-08-043949-5.
  8. ↑ "ANZLIC Council".
  9. ↑ "Reference at www.anzlic.gov.au".
  10. ↑ "Michael Bradford, CEO Landgate elected ANZLIC Chair | ANZLIC". www.anzlic.gov.au.
  11. ↑ "Senior public servant sacked over Currawong".
  12. ↑ "Senior public servant sacked over Currawong | The Examiner | Launceston, TAS".
  13. ↑ "Senior public servant sacked over Currawong | The Courier | Ballarat, VIC".
  14. ↑ "ICAC launches attack on fat cats | PerthNow".
  15. ↑ "ParlInfo - Entsch welcomes spatial industry initiative". parlinfo.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  16. ↑ "Reference at www.crcsi.com.au" (PDF).
  17. ↑ Estate Agents Fund Bureaucrat linked to alleged fraud bid resigns, The Age, 12 July 2020
  18. ↑ Elizabeth O’Keeffe, DNRE email-memo, "Article in the Age", 12 July 2002
  19. ↑ "About". Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  20. ↑ "About | Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping".
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