Inquiry status: 
Completed
Date started:
5 December 2022
Submissions close:
31 March 2023
Reporting date: 
Report tabled 24 October 2023

This inquiry is now complete.

The Committee’s report was released on 24 October 2023 and is available under the “Reports” tab above.

The Government Response to the report is due on 24 February 2024 and, when published, will be available under the “Government Responses” tab above.

The Committee thanks all those who contributed to the inquiry by making a submission or participating in hearings.

For further information, please contact the Secretariat:

  • By email (preferred): LACommitteeECCB@parliament.act.gov.au
  • By post: Standing Committee on Environment, Climate Change and Biodiversity, ACT Legislative Assembly, GPO Box 1020, Canberra ACT 2601

Terms of reference

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Terms of Reference PDF (192.2 KB) Word (182.3 KB)
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Submission 065 - Andrew Dibb PDF (696.6 KB)
Submission 064 - Family History ACT PDF (585.7 KB)
Submission 063 - Dr Shane West PDF (592.0 KB)
Submission 062 - Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Council PDF (497.7 KB)
Submission 061 - Heritage Council of WA PDF (561.3 KB)
Submission 060 - Anne Forrest PDF (458.8 KB)
Submission 059 - Graham Carter OAM PDF (606.5 KB)
Submission 058 - Amy and Danny Blain PDF (425.7 KB)
Submission 057 - Greater Canberra PDF (591.8 KB)
Submission 056 - Mauro Aviles PDF (837.2 KB)
Submission 055 - Majura House PDF (415.1 KB)
Submission 054 - Name withheld PDF (431.1 KB)
Submission 053 - Name withheld PDF (343.0 KB)
Submission 052 - Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Council, WA PDF (517.9 KB)
Submission 051 - Planning Institute of Australia, ACT Division PDF (413.8 KB)
Submission 050 - Australian Institute of Architects ACT Chapter PDF (695.9 KB)
Submission 049 - Inner South Canberra Community Council PDF (1.1 MB)
Submission 048 - Reid Residents' Association Inc PDF (565.6 KB)
Submission 047 - Advocacy for Inclusion PDF (609.9 KB)
Submission 046 - Confidential PDF (613.4 KB)
Submission 045 - Dr Beatrice Bodart-Bailey PDF (440.7 KB)
Submission 044 - Mark Butz PDF (1.5 MB)
Submission 043 - ACT Human Rights Commission PDF (506.5 KB)
Submission 042 - Cuppacumbalong PDF (354.0 KB)
Submission 041 - North Canberra Community Council PDF (374.8 KB)
Submission 040 - Robert Yallop AM PDF (877.4 KB)
Submission 039 - Friends of Grasslands PDF (398.2 KB)
Submission 038 - National Trust of Australia (ACT) PDF (1.6 MB)
Submission 037 - Margaret Henderson PDF (330.6 KB)
Submission 036 - Jane Goffman PDF (308.1 KB)
Submission 035 - Tuggeranong Schoolhouse Museum PDF (374.6 KB)
Submission 034 - Australia ICOMOS PDF (406.4 KB)
Submission 033 - Mark and Beverley Francis PDF (280.9 KB)
Submission 032 - Tidbinbilla Pioneers Association PDF (337.9 KB)
Submission 031 - Manning Clark House Inc PDF (434.4 KB)
Submission 030 - Ashley Built Heritage PDF (509.2 KB)
Submission 029 - Australian Garden History Society ACT Monaro Riverina Branch PDF (560.5 KB)
Submission 028 - Environmental Defenders Office PDF (666.3 KB)
Submission 027 - Dr Ann Kent PDF (351.0 KB)
Submission 026 - Hall Heritage Centre PDF (521.5 KB)
Submission 025 - Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology PDF (647.8 KB)
Submission 024 - Fire Brigade Historical Society of the ACT PDF (578.0 KB)
Submission 023 - State Aboriginal Heritage Committee (SA) PDF (429.6 KB)
Submission 022 - Icon Water PDF (543.4 KB)
Submission 021 - Dr Laura Dawes PDF (482.1 KB)
Submission 020 - Sarah Reid PDF (512.4 KB)
Submission 019 - ACT Government PDF (546.1 KB)
Submission 018 - Hugh Dakin PDF (106.2 KB)
Submission 017 - Stephen Driscoll PDF (463.1 KB)
Submission 016 - Chris Carter PDF (449.8 KB)
Submission 015 - Trevor Lipscombe and Tony Maple PDF (500.2 KB)
Submission 014 - Walter Burley Griffin Society, Canberra Chapter PDF (769.0 KB)
Submission 013 - Eric Martin & Associates PDF (1.3 MB)
Submission 012 - Graham Mannall PDF (355.3 KB)
Submission 011 - Government of Western Australia PDF (548.9 KB)
Submission 010 - Confidential PDF (621.6 KB)
Submission 009 - Pauline Downing PDF (785.8 KB)
Submission 008 - Griffith Narrabundah Community Association PDF (655.4 KB)
Submission 007 - Kosciuszko Huts Association PDF (3.1 MB)
Submission 006.1 - Canberra and District Historical Society - attachments PDF (1.1 MB)
Submission 006 - Canberra and District Historical Society PDF (753.0 KB)
Submission 005 - Dr Ken Heffernan PDF (2.2 MB)
Submission 004 - Professor Roz Hansen AM PDF (744.4 KB)
Submission 003 - ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment PDF (584.9 KB)
Submission 002 - Colin Walters PDF (461.1 KB)
Submission 001 - Duncan Marshall AM and Dr Michael Pearson AO PDF (511.1 KB)

Public hearings

Tuesday 16 May 2023, 9:25 am - 5:00 pm

View Public hearings schedule and click here to read transcripts from these hearings.

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Hearing schedule - 16 May 2023 PDF (239.5 KB)
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QTON 03 ANSWER - Minister for Heritage - Heritage Unit FTE - COCKS PDF (188.1 KB)
QTON 02 ANSWER - WITHDRAWN PDF (232.4 KB)
QTON 01 ANSWER - Professor Ireland - Burra Charter PDF (177.6 KB)
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Report 9 - Inquiry into ACT's heritage arrangements PDF (1.8 MB) Word (4.9 MB)
Report 9 - Dissenting Report by Mr Ed Cocks MLA PDF (211.5 KB) Word (44.8 KB)
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Government Response tabled 19 March 2024 PDF (289.7 KB)
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Exhibit 019 - Docomomo Australia PDF (472.2 KB)
Exhibit 018 - Greater Canberra - Opening Statement PDF (401.7 KB)
Exhibit 017 - Confidential PDF (378.5 KB)
Exhibit 016 - Geoff Ashley Speaking Notes PDF (366.2 KB)
Exhibit 015 - Inner South Canberra Community Council (ISCCC) PDF (2.5 MB)
Exhibit 014 - Reid Residents' Association - Lets get the facts right about Reid PDF (2.3 MB)
Exhibit 013 - Reid Residents' Association - Reid and Garden City Precinct heritage PDF (1014.7 KB)
Exhibit 012 - Planning Institute of Australia - Heritage Inquiry Speaking Notes PDF (453.8 KB)
Exhibit 011 - Environmental Defenders Office - Opening statement by Melanie Montalban PDF (455.8 KB)
Exhibit 010 - Majura House Precinct - Heritage values - Mark Butz PDF (6.0 MB)
Exhibit 009 - North Canberra Community Council PDF (565.9 KB)
Exhibit 008 - Confidential PDF (256.5 KB)
Exhibit 007 - Walter Burley Griffin Society - Planning in Canberra - articles and letters PDF (2.7 MB)
Exhibit 006 - Walter Burley Griffin Society - Minister Ley - Statement of Reasons PDF (7.8 MB)
Exhibit 005 - Walter Burley Griffin Society - Five Year ACT Heritage Strategy 2016-2021 PDF (460.4 KB)
Exhibit 004 - Graham Mannall - ACT Heritage Council - Advice PDF (202.7 KB)
Exhibit 003 - Pauline Downing - Book - Huts and Homesteads of Namadgi National Park - ACT PDF (24.4 MB)
Exhibit 002 - Heritage Council of NSW - Heritage Act Review - Supplementary Submission - 11 August 2021 PDF (140.9 KB)
Exhibit 001 - Heritage Council of NSW - Heritage Act Review - Submission - 25 June 2021 PDF (311.7 KB)
4. Media Release - Report on Inquiry into ACT's heritage arrangements PDF (184.4 KB) Word (180.7 KB)
3. Media release - Public Hearing into ACT’s heritage arrangements PDF (197.9 KB) Word (79.8 KB)
2. Media release - Extension to Submission Deadline - Inquiry into ACT's heritage arrangements PDF (167.5 KB) Word (189.0 KB)
1. Media release - New Inquiry PDF (167.0 KB) Word (190.5 KB)


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