❓ Hon Robyn McSweeney asks about the status of promises related to heritage policy made in 2001. The Minister responds by highlighting achievements since 2001, including additions to the heritage register, grant funding, and collaboration with local government.
AnsweredQoN 5011Legislative Council
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(1) What is the current status of each of the promises listed in the following sections of the policy -
(a) executive summary;
(b) The
Heritage Act
;
(c) review heritage assessment processes;
(d) protect State owned heritage sites;
(e) work with local Government to preserve heritage sites;
(f) assistance and advice; and
(g) improve heritage awareness throughout Western Australia?
(a) executive summary;
(b) The
Heritage Act
;
(c) review heritage assessment processes;
(d) protect State owned heritage sites;
(e) work with local Government to preserve heritage sites;
(f) assistance and advice; and
(g) improve heritage awareness throughout Western Australia?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
18 September 2007
Responded by
Minister for Local Government representing the Minister for Heritage
Response time
35 days
I thank the Hon. Member for some notice of this question.
(1) The policy which currently operates is the 2005 policy, which is a revision of the 2001 policy document. As the Hon. Member well knows, political parties do change their policies from time to time and from election to election. The Liberal Party has done it; the National Party has done it (it has even changed its name); the Labor Party has done it. Since the Hon. Member is interested in 2001, I will say that since that time, 489 places have been added to the permanent Register of Places of State Heritage significance, of which 122 have been places owned outright by the State. In addition, we have spent $10 million in direct heritage grants to private owners and for the maintenance and repair of such heritage icons as St George's Cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral in Perth, St Patrick's Basilica in Fremantle, and Maley's Bridge at Greenough. The Heritage Council collaborates with local government on a number of levels, most specifically through the Heritage Loan Scheme which it operates in partnership with a number of local authorities. In September last year, I launched, together with the Minister for Tourism, a strategy for Heritage Tourism across the State and since that time the Heritage Council has employed an officer specifically to develop heritage tourism.
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(1) The policy which currently operates is the 2005 policy, which is a revision of the 2001 policy document. As the Hon. Member well knows, political parties do change their policies from time to time and from election to election. The Liberal Party has done it; the National Party has done it (it has even changed its name); the Labor Party has done it. Since the Hon. Member is interested in 2001, I will say that since that time, 489 places have been added to the permanent Register of Places of State Heritage significance, of which 122 have been places owned outright by the State. In addition, we have spent $10 million in direct heritage grants to private owners and for the maintenance and repair of such heritage icons as St George's Cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral in Perth, St Patrick's Basilica in Fremantle, and Maley's Bridge at Greenough. The Heritage Council collaborates with local government on a number of levels, most specifically through the Heritage Loan Scheme which it operates in partnership with a number of local authorities. In September last year, I launched, together with the Minister for Tourism, a strategy for Heritage Tourism across the State and since that time the Heritage Council has employed an officer specifically to develop heritage tourism.
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