Inquiry into the proposed long term lease of land titles and registry functions of Land Use Victoria

On 23 May 2018 the Legislative Council agreed to the following motion:

That this House requires the Standing Committee on Environment and Planning to inquire into, consider and report by 7 August 2018 on the proposed long term lease of the land titles and registry functions of Land Use Victoria, with particular reference to –

1. the implications for the ongoing integrity of the land use system in Victoria;
2. the risks to privacy and security of sensitive data held by Land Use Victoria;
3. the likely consequences for the cost and service levels of the titles and registry functions being commercialised;
4. the implications for the people employed at the Land Titles Office undertaking the work the government seeks to privatise;
5. the  proposed  financial  arrangements of  the  sale  and  cost  and  benefit  of  those arrangements to Victoria in the long term; and
6. other Australian and international experiences of privatising similar services.