A Local-State Government Spatial Data Sharing Partnership

Acknowledgements
Completion of a PhD is by its very nature both an individual and a collaborative effort. I
therefore wish to acknowledge and thank the many people who have contributed to this
dissertation in a variety of ways. Firstly, my sincere thanks to Professor Ian Williamson
and Dr Abbas Rajabifard who provided their expert advice, encouragement and support
during my candidature. Your efforts in creating and fostering an active and inclusive
research environment were very much appreciated.
I also wish to thank the staff and postgraduate students from the Department of Geomatics
for their timely assistance and support during my frequent visits to Melbourne. From the
administrative side thank you to Nghiem Tran, Colleen Birmingham, Lillian Cheung and
Sarah Stewart for taking care of the administrative arrangements during my stays. In
particular, to my past and present fellow researchers in the Centre for Spatial Data
Infrastructure and Land Administration, thank you for your friendship and support during
my candidature especially Matthew Warnest, Daniel Steudler, Lisa Ting, Daniel Paez,
Mary-Ellen Feeny, Kate Dalrymple, Jude Wallace, Andrew Binns, Rohan Bennett, Saeid
Moshen Kalantari Soltanieh, Jessica Davies, Hossein Mohammadi, Serryn Eagleson,
Christian Claussen and Mal Park.
Thanks are also due to the visiting staff to the Department who provided their invaluable
advice and research perspectives, especially Professor Ian Masser, Professor Mike
Worboys, Don Grant and Paul Kelly. To my fellow colleagues at the University of
Southern Queensland, thank you for your support during my many absences inter-state
which allowed me to undertake this research. To Dr Frank Young and Dr Armando Apan,
thank you for your useful comments and advice on my draft dissertation. Many thanks
also to Diana Carrigan for her proof reading and comments.
My research would of course not been possible without the valued contributions from the
many people in both state and local governments in Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria.
In Queensland, particular thanks goes to Tim Barker, Graham Stanton, Kevin Landy, Rob
Duffy, Geoff McMahon and Steve Jacoby; in Tasmania, thanks to Todd Baker, Mike
Varney and Hector Beveridge; and in Victoria, John Gallagher and Bruce Thompson.
Finally, I would like to thank my family and friends for their continued support and
encouragement throughout my studies. Of course special thanks goes to my beautiful wife
Jude and two lovely daughters Sammy and Katie for their sacrifices in supporting my
studies through travel and my many absences from home.
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