❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the government's creation of the 'other heritage places' category for Aboriginal heritage sites, seeking clarification on its purpose, criteria, and legal basis. The government clarifies it's an administrative measure to distinguish registered sites from non-registered places.
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In respect of Aboriginal heritage sites, why has the Government conflated past categories (interim and stored data and non-sites) into a category of Aboriginal site titled ‘other heritage places’ and: (a) when was this category created; (b) what criteria are used to place sites in this category; (c) what is the legislative basis for the creation of this category; (d) have sites been removed from the Register of Places and Objects and placed in this category and if so, which sites have been so removed; and (e) what is the level of protection received by places that are categorised as ‘other heritage places’?
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Answered
7 August 2013
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs
Response time
55 days
a) October 2010.
b) If sites are not registered under the
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972,
they are classified as 'other heritage places'.
c) The creation of the 'other heritage places' category is an administrative measure to clarify for external users the distinction between registered sites which have legal status under the
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972
and other places which do not.
d) No sites have been removed from the register. However, from time to time, the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee reassesses sites based on new information. Following this assessment, some sites are placed into this category but are not removed from the system. The Department maintains approximately 33,000 site files.
e) Only sites that meet the definition of section 5 are afforded protection under the
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972
.
b) If sites are not registered under the
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972,
they are classified as 'other heritage places'.
c) The creation of the 'other heritage places' category is an administrative measure to clarify for external users the distinction between registered sites which have legal status under the
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972
and other places which do not.
d) No sites have been removed from the register. However, from time to time, the Aboriginal Cultural Material Committee reassesses sites based on new information. Following this assessment, some sites are placed into this category but are not removed from the system. The Department maintains approximately 33,000 site files.
e) Only sites that meet the definition of section 5 are afforded protection under the
Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972
.
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