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Title

AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COUNCIL (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2002

In Committee

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

20-08-2003

Source

Senate

Parl No.

40

Electorate

South Australia

Interjector

 

Page

14087

Party

APA

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

 

Questioner

 

Responder

 

Speaker

Lees, Sen Meg

Stage

In Committee

Type

 

Context

Bills

System Id

chamber/hansards/2003-08-20/0052


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Wednesday, 20 August 2003
Page: 14087


Senator LEES (12:21 PM) —I move APA amendment (6) on sheet 3037:

(6) Page 14 (after line 16), after Part 5, insert:

Part 5A—Reports

24A Reports

(1) The Council may prepare a report on any matters related to the functions of the Council and provide the report to the Minister.

(2) A report prepared under subsection (1) may include the following matters:

(a) the activities of the Council;

(b) the protection and conservation of heritage;

(c) how a place included in the National Heritage List, Commonwealth Heritage List or Register of the National Estate, is being managed or conserved; and

(d) the effectiveness of any measures intended to protect or conserve the heritage values of a place or places included in the National Heritage List, Commonwealth Heritage List or Register of the National Estate;

(e) the provisions of grants and other financial assistance related to heritage;

(f) policies, plans and programs of the Commonwealth or of a State or self-governing Territory that relate to or have an impact on heritage;

(g) how the National Heritage List, Commonwealth Heritage List or Register of the National Estate are being maintained;

(h) how the condition of a place included in the National Heritage List, Commonwealth Heritage List or Register of the National Estate is being monitored.

(3) The Minister must cause a copy of a report provided to the Minister under subsection (1) to be laid before each House of Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the day on which the Minister receives the report.

This is a very important amendment. I ask those who continue to argue that this is all a pointless exercise and that the Australian Heritage Council is not as strong as the old Australian Heritage Commission to read this amendment. It makes the whole process far more transparent. It increases the number of matters that have to be reported and prepared under subsection (1). It talks about all of the information that must be reported to parliament. This will give us a far better idea of what is being done—of what heritage places are being listed. It talks about how a place is listed and the effectiveness of any measures intended to protect or conserve the heritage values of a place. So it will give parliament and therefore the community considerably more information than is available under the current legislation.