❓ Hon Lynn MacLaren questions the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs regarding the status of DAA 3296, a site related to the Roe Highway Stage 8 extension, and its removal from the list of registered Aboriginal sites. The Minister defends the process and clarifies the site's history.
AnsweredQoN 1065Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
ROE HIGHWAY STAGE 8 — ABORIGINAL CULTURAL
MATERIAL COMMITTEE
1065. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
I refer to question without notice 962 asked on 15 September
2015.
(1) Will the
minister advise why DAA 3296 is currently listed as ''other heritage''—stored
data not a site—when it appeared on the Australian Cultural Heritage
Management Aboriginal cultural heritage survey of the South Metro Connect Roe
Highway extension in 2010 as a registered site?
(2) On what
date was DAA 3296 removed from the list of registered sites and by whom was it
removed?
(3) Was the
site re-evaluated by any archaeologist as not being a site; and, if so, when
and by whom?
(4) If no to (3), why not?
(5) Were the informants advised that their site was removed
from the register?
(6) If no to (5), why not?
MATERIAL COMMITTEE
1065. Hon LYNN MacLAREN to the
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs:
I refer to question without notice 962 asked on 15 September
2015.
(1) Will the
minister advise why DAA 3296 is currently listed as ''other heritage''—stored
data not a site—when it appeared on the Australian Cultural Heritage
Management Aboriginal cultural heritage survey of the South Metro Connect Roe
Highway extension in 2010 as a registered site?
(2) On what
date was DAA 3296 removed from the list of registered sites and by whom was it
removed?
(3) Was the
site re-evaluated by any archaeologist as not being a site; and, if so, when
and by whom?
(4) If no to (3), why not?
(5) Were the informants advised that their site was removed
from the register?
(6) If no to (5), why not?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(2)
The Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee is the only body that can determine
whether an Aboriginal heritage place meets the requirements of section 5 of the
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. DAA 3296 was assessed by the Aboriginal Cultural Material
Committee at its 10 June 2015 meeting as part of its consideration of a section
18 notice for the Roe Highway extension project. The Aboriginal Cultural
Material Committee considered all the information available and determined that
the location did not meet the requirements of section 5 of the Aboriginal
Heritage Act 1972. I might add that the process was not corrupted, contrary to
the honourable member's comments.
DAA 3296 has never been a
registered Aboriginal site on the register of Aboriginal sites. DAA 3296 was
incorrectly reported in the 2013 Australian Cultural Heritage Management report
as ''stored data''. Prior to the Aboriginal Cultural Material
Committee's resolution of 10 June 2015, DAA 3296 had been determined ''insufficient
information'' by the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee in 2000.
(3) DAA 3296
has been the subject of at least three different reports by consultant
archaeologists and an anthropologist since 1997. Officers from the Department
of Aboriginal Affairs inspected the area in 2014. No artefacts have been
identified by any archaeologist in the area of DAA 3296 since 1997. At its June
2015 meeting, the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee determined that DAA 3296
did not meet the requirements of section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972.
(4) Not
applicable.
(5) DAA 3296
has never been a registered Aboriginal site on the register of Aboriginal
sites. It is a longstanding practice that the Department of Aboriginal Affairs
updates the Aboriginal Heritage Inquiry System on the Department of Aboriginal
Affairs' website so that stakeholders and the general public are aware
of all changes to the status of heritage places.
(6) Not
applicable.
As I have said, Mr President, it is a very transparent, open
process, and it certainly has not been corrupted.
(1)–(2)
The Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee is the only body that can determine
whether an Aboriginal heritage place meets the requirements of section 5 of the
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. DAA 3296 was assessed by the Aboriginal Cultural Material
Committee at its 10 June 2015 meeting as part of its consideration of a section
18 notice for the Roe Highway extension project. The Aboriginal Cultural
Material Committee considered all the information available and determined that
the location did not meet the requirements of section 5 of the Aboriginal
Heritage Act 1972. I might add that the process was not corrupted, contrary to
the honourable member's comments.
DAA 3296 has never been a
registered Aboriginal site on the register of Aboriginal sites. DAA 3296 was
incorrectly reported in the 2013 Australian Cultural Heritage Management report
as ''stored data''. Prior to the Aboriginal Cultural Material
Committee's resolution of 10 June 2015, DAA 3296 had been determined ''insufficient
information'' by the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee in 2000.
(3) DAA 3296
has been the subject of at least three different reports by consultant
archaeologists and an anthropologist since 1997. Officers from the Department
of Aboriginal Affairs inspected the area in 2014. No artefacts have been
identified by any archaeologist in the area of DAA 3296 since 1997. At its June
2015 meeting, the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee determined that DAA 3296
did not meet the requirements of section 5 of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972.
(4) Not
applicable.
(5) DAA 3296
has never been a registered Aboriginal site on the register of Aboriginal
sites. It is a longstanding practice that the Department of Aboriginal Affairs
updates the Aboriginal Heritage Inquiry System on the Department of Aboriginal
Affairs' website so that stakeholders and the general public are aware
of all changes to the status of heritage places.
(6) Not
applicable.
As I have said, Mr President, it is a very transparent, open
process, and it certainly has not been corrupted.
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