❓ Hon. Sophie McNeill questions the Minister for the Environment regarding the Murujuga rock art monitoring program, UNESCO's decision on World Heritage listing, and communication with relevant parties. The Minister clarifies the timeline of report submissions and emphasizes that UNESCO has referred, not deferred, the nomination.
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Murujuga rock art—Monitoring program302.Hon Sophie McNeillto theMinister for the Environment:(1) On what date did the International Council on
Monuments and Sites, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and/or the International
Union for Conservation of Nature first request theMurujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program: Monitoring Studies
Report 2024?(2) On what date did the department actually
provide theMurujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program:
Monitoring Studies Report 2024to them?(3) When was the government first aware of
UNESCO's decision to defer the Murujuga World Heritage listing?(4) When did the government advise the Murujuga
Aboriginal Corporation or other traditional custodians of UNESCO's decision to
defer the Murujuga World Heritage listing?
Monuments and Sites, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and/or the International
Union for Conservation of Nature first request theMurujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program: Monitoring Studies
Report 2024?(2) On what date did the department actually
provide theMurujuga Rock Art Monitoring Program:
Monitoring Studies Report 2024to them?(3) When was the government first aware of
UNESCO's decision to defer the Murujuga World Heritage listing?(4) When did the government advise the Murujuga
Aboriginal Corporation or other traditional custodians of UNESCO's decision to
defer the Murujuga World Heritage listing?
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29 May 2025
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Hon Jackie Jarvis replied:I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question. I am answering on behalf of
the Minister for the Environment who is out of the chamber on urgent
parliamentary business.(1) As the Commonwealth is the applicant and
responsible state party for the World Heritage List nomination, the Department of
Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) advised the Department
of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) of the formal request from ICOMOS
on 20 December 2024.(2) DWER provided the draft report to the DCCEEW
on 4 February 2025 for transmittal to ICOMOS.(3)–(4) UNESCO has not made a decision on
the Murujuga World Heritage List nomination. A decision on whether to inscribe
the Murujuga Cultural Landscape on the World Heritage List will be made at the
next meeting of the World Heritage Committee to be held in Paris, France in
July 2025. DCCEEW advised the Western Australian government and Murujuga
Aboriginal Corporation of UNESCO's draft decision to refer, not defer, the
nomination on 27 May 2025.
Murujuga rock art—Monitoring program
honourable member for some notice of the question. I am answering on behalf of
the Minister for the Environment who is out of the chamber on urgent
parliamentary business.(1) As the Commonwealth is the applicant and
responsible state party for the World Heritage List nomination, the Department of
Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) advised the Department
of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) of the formal request from ICOMOS
on 20 December 2024.(2) DWER provided the draft report to the DCCEEW
on 4 February 2025 for transmittal to ICOMOS.(3)–(4) UNESCO has not made a decision on
the Murujuga World Heritage List nomination. A decision on whether to inscribe
the Murujuga Cultural Landscape on the World Heritage List will be made at the
next meeting of the World Heritage Committee to be held in Paris, France in
July 2025. DCCEEW advised the Western Australian government and Murujuga
Aboriginal Corporation of UNESCO's draft decision to refer, not defer, the
nomination on 27 May 2025.
Murujuga rock art—Monitoring program
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