THE ACT Heritage Council has been dissolved with Heritage Minister Rebecca Vassarotti announcing a “comprehensive reform of heritage in the ACT”.
This follows a review into the workings of the ACT Heritage Council and its supporting government agency (the ACT Heritage within the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate), which highlighted wide-ranging and complex structural issues impacting the performance and relationship of the Heritage Council and ACT Heritage.
“I note that multiple Heritage Council members have provided me with their resignation, following the release of the findings of the initial review,” says Minister Vassarotti. “I have ended the appointment of all remaining Council members.”
“I am conducting a large-scale review into how the ACT government works with our heritage, including both the workings of the ACT Heritage and the structure and statutory functions of the Heritage Council under the Heritage Act 2004.
“The review, which has commenced, is looking at the legislative framework in which the Council and staff operate, processes and procedures for heritage across the ACT, as well as the systems that support their work – such as the ACT Heritage Database.
“An interim Heritage Council will be appointed early in the new year.”
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