Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]           Australian Heritage Places Principles, Preamble, National Heritage Convention Key Outcomes, p 20.

[2]           Second Reading speech, p 1.  The limitations of the AHC Act are explored more fully in the next chapter.

[3]           The 1997 COAG Heads of Agreement of Commonwealth/state roles and responsibilities for the environment.  See Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, Explanatory Memorandum, pp 5-6.

[4]           Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, p 14.

[5]           Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, pp 14-15.

[6]           Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, section 324H, p 18.

[7]           Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, p 17.

[8]           Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, p 15.

[9]           Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, p 16.

[10]         Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, section 324J, p 19.

[11]         Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, section 324M, p 21.

[12]         Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, p 26.

[13]         Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, p 22.

[14]         Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, sections 324Q(2)-(5).

[15]         Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, section 324W, p 25.

[16]         Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, p 24.

[17]         Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, p 26.

[18]         Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, section 324Z(2), p 26.

[19]         Australian Heritage Council Bill 2000, p 3.

[20]         Australian Heritage Council Bill 2000, p 4.

[21]         Australian Heritage Council Bill 2000, pp 5, 8.

[22]         The following is drawn principally from the Environment Australia website: http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/protection/aust.html (17 February 2001).

[23]         It is proposed that this Act be replaced by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Bill 1998.  For a detailed consideration of the provisions of this Bill, see the March 1999 report of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee.

[24]         Figures provided by the Department of Environment and Heritage and accurate as of 7 March 2001.

[25]         This list was compiled from the Australian Heritage Commission website: http://www.heritage.gov.au as at 2 March 2001.

[26]         ACF, Submission 16, pp 4-5.

Chapter 2 - The appropriateness of the new heritage protection legislation

[1]           Principle 1, A National Future for Australia’s Heritage, Discussion Paper, Aug 96, p 10.

[2]           Professor Lennon, Submission 11, p 1.  See also Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 1; Mr Worboys, Submission 19, p 1; ACNT, Submission 4, p 1; AMEC, Submission 9, p 9; Dr Mosley, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 10.

[3]           AHC, Submission 8, p 1.

[4]           WWF, Submission 12, p 2.

[5]           For example: ANZMEC, Submission 24, p 3, ATSIC, Submission 25, p 22; Tasmanian government, Submission 28, p 1, WWF, Submission 12, p 2, Australia ICOMOS, Submission 17, p 1.

[6]           Australia ICOMOS, Submission 17, p 3.

[7]           Australia ICOMOS, Submission 17, p 3

[8]           ACF, Submission 16, p 9.

[9]           Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator the Hon. Robert Hill, Second Reading Speech, p 1.

[10]         AHC, Submission 8, p 1.

[11]         see chapter 1, para 1.42 – description of the current heritage regime.

[12]         Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator the Hon Robert Hill, Second Reading speech, p 1.

[13]         Dr Mosley, Submission 5, p 3.

[14]         Mr King, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 107.

[15]         A National Future for Australia’s Heritage, Discussion Paper, Aug 96, p 7.

[16]         A National Future for Australia’s Heritage, Discussion Paper, Aug 96, p 9.

[17]         Mr King, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 108.

[18]         Dr Mosley, Submission 5, p 1.

[19]         RNE statistics, Appendix 6.

[20]         Environment & Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, Explanatory Memorandum, p 4.

[21]         A National Future for Australia’s Heritage, Discussion Paper, Aug 96, p 5.

[22]         Heads of Agreement on Commonwealth/State roles and responsibilities for the environment, which was signed by the Commonwealth, the states and territories, and the Australian Local Government Association.

[23]         See also EHLA Bill, section 51A

[24]         Environment & Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, Explanatory Memorandum p 11.

[25]         Mr Peter King, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p .

[26]         Mr Bruce Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p .  See also AHC, Submission 8, p 3.

[27]         Victorian government, Submission 31, p 2.

[28]         Victorian government, Submission 31, p 2.  See also Tasmania government, Submission 28 and Heritage Council of Western Australia, Submission 26.

[29]         Victorian government, Submission 31, p 1.

[30]         Tasmania government, Submission 28, p 3.  See also South Australian government, Submission 27, p 4.

[31]         South Australian  government, Submission 27, p 4.  See also ANZMEC, Submission 24, p 4.

[32]         Tasmanian government, Submission 28, p. 3.  This view is also reflected in AMEC, Submission 9, p 11.

[33]         Tasmanian government, Submission 28, p 3.  See also Heritage Council of Western Australia, Submission 26, p 2; Victorian government, Submission 31, p 4.

[34]         Heritage Council of Western Australia, Submission 26, p 2.

[35]         Victorian government, Submission 31, p 6.

[36]         Heritage Council of Western Australia, Submission 26, p 2.

[37]         Dr Gerry Bates, Environmental Law in Australia, 3^rd Edition, 1992, p 53.

[38]         Mr Bruce Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 126.

[39]         Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 1.  See also AHC, Submission 8, p 3.

[40]         Professor Yencken, Submission 10, p 5.  See also Professor Yencken, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 23.

[41]         Murphyores Inc Pty Ltd v Commonwealth (1976) 136 CLR1

[42]         Crawford J, The Constitution and the Environment  (1991) 13 Sydney L.Rev. 11 at p. 30.  Quoted in the Report of the Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee into Commonwealth Environmental Powers, May 1999, p 9.

[43]         ACF, Submission 16, p 11.

[44]         Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 3.  See also EDO, Submission 21, p 9.

[45]         ACNT, Submission 4, p 6.

[46]         EDO, Submission 21, p 8.  EDO cite in evidence the National Heritage Convention (1998) and the National Strategy for Australia’s Heritage Places (1999).  See also for example, Heritage Council of Western Australia, Submission 26, p 2.

[47]         NICS, Submission 13, p 5.

[48]         NICS, Submission 13, p 9.

[49]         Associate Professor Adam, Submission 20, p 2.

[50]         Dr Mosley, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 11.

[51]         Dr Mosley, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 14.

[52]         Mr Marc Allas, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 2.

[53]         Mr Marc Allas, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 7.

[54]         Environment & Heritage Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2000, Second Reading speech, p 1.

[55]         ACF, Submission 16, p 15.

[56]         Mr Connor, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 55.

[57]         WWF, Submission 12, p 19.  See also ACF, Submission 16, p 18; Mr Marc Allas, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 7; and ATSIC, Submission 25, p 19.

[58]         AMEC, Submission 9, p 10.

[59]         AMEC, Submission 9, p 11.  See also Mr Layton (AMEC), Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 41; and Sydney Water, Submission 7, p 3.

[60]         Australia ICOMOS, Submission 17, p 2.

[61]         ACF, Submission 16, p 3.

[62]         ACF, Submission 16, p 4.  See also Mr Connor, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 52; and Professor Adam, Submission 20, p 2.

[63]         The Hon Dr B Jones, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 88.

[64]         Mr Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 125.

[65]         Professor Lennon, Submission 11, p 4.  See also WWF, Submission 12, p 16, ACNT, Submission 4, p 7; Heritage Council of Western Australia, Submission 26, p 2.

[66]         Mr Browning, Submission 2, p 1 and ACNT, Submission 4, p 8.

[67]         Clause 40 of the Bill, amending the definition of ‘place’ in the EPBC Act, section 528.

[68]         Australian Institute for Marine Archaeology, Submission 6, p 1.  See also ACNT, Submission 4, p 8.

[69]         Australian Institute for Marine Archaeology, Submission 6, p 3.

[70]         Australian Institute for Marine Archaeology, Submission 6, p 3.

Chapter 3 - The Australian Heritage Commission

[1]           Australian Heritage Council Bill 2000, p 3.

[2]           EDO, Submission 21, p 6.

[3]           ACF, Submission 16, p 12.

[4]           Mr Marc Allas, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 4.

[5]           Professor Yencken, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 18.

[6]           Mr Molesworth, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 74.

[7]           Mr Molesworth, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 82.

[8]           EDO, Submission 21, p 11.

[9]           EDO, Submission 21, p 12.

[10]         ACNT, Submission 4, p 5. See also Penrith City Council , Submission 23, p 3; Victorian government, Submission 31, p 3, and Submission 30, Australian Council of Professional Historians Association, p 3.

[11]         Mr Peter King, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 110.

[12]         See para 3.11 above.

[13]         Mr Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 122.

[14]         Professor Lennon, Submission 11, p 2.

[15]         ACF, Submission 16, p 7.  See also Dr Mosley, Submission 5, p 2.

[16]         ACF, Submission 16, p 7.

[17]         ACF, Submission 16, p 7.

[18]         EDO, Submission 21, p 5.  See also p 13.

[19]         The Hon Dr Barry Jones, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 90.

[20]         Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 6.  See also ACF, Submission 16, p 6.

[21]         Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 6.  See also Australia ICOMOS, Submission 17, p 4; ACPHA, Submission 30, p 4; and Mr Connor, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 56.

[22]         Mr Molesworth, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 79.

[23]         The Hon Dr B Jones, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 96.

[24]         Mr Leaver, Submission 18, p 3.

[25]         Mr Leaver, Submission 18, p 3.

[26]         Mr Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 118.

[27]         Mr Leaver, Submission 18, p 4.

[28]         Mr Leaver, Submission 18, p 3.

[29]         Professor Lennon, Submission 11, p 3.

[30]         for example, ATSIC, Submission 25, p 19.

[31]         Professor Lennon, Submission 11, p 2.  See also Penrith City Council, Submission 23, p 1.

[32]         Australian Heritage Council Act 1975, section 12(2)

[33]         Penrith City Council, Submission 23, p 1.

[34]         ACNT, Submission 4, p 4.

[35]         Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 9.  See also ACF, Submission 16, p 11; WWF, Submission 12, p 12.

[36]         EPBC Part 19, Section 504(5)

[37]         ATSIC, Submission 25, p 20.

[38]         New South Wales government, Submission 29, p 3.

[39]         AMEC, Submission 9, p 18 and 20.  This issue is explored above in context of the decision making role of the Council and the scope of its considerations.

[40]         Mr King, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 113.

[41]         Tasmanian government, Submission 28, p 6; ACPHA, Submission 30, p 3 and EDO, Submission 21, p 24.

[42]         Professor Mulvaney, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 20.

Chapter 4 - The future of the register of the National Estate and other transitional arrangements

[1]           Professor Yencken, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 18.

[2]           See Appendix 5.

[3]           The AHC is created by Part IV of the AHC Act which would be repealed in its entirety by Schedule 1 of the Australian Heritage Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2000.

[4]           Minister for the Environment & Heritage, Senator the Hon Robert Hill, Second Reading speech, p 2.

[5]           Victorian government, Submission 31, p 7.

[6]           Professor Yencken, Submission 10, p 4.

[7]           ACF, Submission 16, p 9.

[8]           Mr Marshall, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 92. See also ACPHA, Submission 30, p 3.

[9]           Dr Marsden, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 78.

[10]         Professor Lennon, Submission 11, p 6.

[11]         ACF, Submission 16, p 9.

[12]         Professor Lennon, Submission 11, p 5.  A similar point is made by Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 4 who claims the development cost has been half a billion dollars.

[13]         ATSIC, Submission 25, p 14.

[14]         Professor Lennon, Submission 11, p 5. See also WWF, Submission 12, p. 5

[15]         Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 5.

[16]         Mr King, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 111.

[17]         The figure quoted in Hansard of 230,000 places has been subsequently amended to 2,300 places.

[18]         Professor Yencken, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, pp 18-19.

[19]         Professor Yencken, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 24.

[20]         ATSIC, Submission 25, p 13.

[21]         Professor Lennon, Submission 11, p 5.  See also EDO, Submission 21, p 4 and ATSIC, Submission 25, p 13.

[22]         ACF, Submission 16, p 9.

[23]         Penrith City Council, Submission 23, p 5.

[24]         Dr Mosley, Submission 5, p 3.

[25]         EDO, Submission 21, p 4.  See also WWF, Submission 12, p 4.

[26]         AMEC, Submission 9, p 15.

[27]         ATSIC, Submission 25, p 14.

[28]         Section 10 of the Australian Heritage Council (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2000 (Cth).

[29]         EDO, Submission 21, p 4.

[30]         Mr Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 120.

[31]         AHC, Submission 8, p 3.

[32]         ACF, Submission 16, p 7.  See also WWF, Submission 12, p 4; and Ms Chapple, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 30.

Chapter 5 - Administration of the National and Commonwealth Heritage Lists

[1]           ACNT, Submission 4, p 2.

[2]           ACF, Submission 16, p 8.

[3]           ACNT, Submission 4, p 1.

[4]           Professor Yencken, Submission 10, p 4.  This point is also made by ATSIC, Submission 25, p 13; and Professor Adam, Submission 20, p 2.

[5]           Mr Molesworth, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, pp 81-82.

[6]           See Appendix 4

[7]           Mr Peter King, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 110.

[8]           Section 324C for National Heritage Values and section 341C Commonwealth Heritage Values

[9]           Section 324W for National Heritage Management Principles and section 341W for Commonwealth Heritage Management Principles.

[10]         See Chapter 1 for a more detailed description of the operation of these provisions.

[11]         WWF, Submission 12, p 3.  See also AMEC, Submission 9, p 15.

[12]         WWF, Submission 12, p 13.  See also ACNT, Submission 4, p 9.

[13]         Mr Bruce Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 121.

[14]         WWF, Submission 12, p 13.

[15]         EDO, Submission 21, p 16.

[16]         Tasmanian government, Submission 28, p 4. See also Penrith City Council, Submission 23, p 4; and New South Wales government, Submission 29, p 2.

[17]         South Australian government, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 6.

[18]         Sections 324G and 341G

[19]         Sections 324M and 341M

[20]         see paragraphs 5.67 – 5.72

[21]         Sections 324F and 341F

[22]         Mr Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 118.

[23]         EDO, Submission 21, p 11, 14 and 16; WWF, Submission 12, p 14-15; and ACNT, Submission 4, p 9.

[24]         EDO, Submission 21, p 11.

[25]         Tasmanian government, Submission 28, p 3 and 6.

[26]         New South Wales government, Submission 29, p 1. See also South Australian government, Submission 27, p 4.

[27]         Victorian government, Submission 31, p 3. See EPBC Act Part 15

[28]         Section 324D(2)(b)

[29]         Section 324H(1)(b)

[30]         Section 324G(2)

[31]         Sections 324B(3) and 341B(3)

[32]         Section 324J(6)

[33]         AMEC, Submission 9, p 14.

[34]         EDO, Submission 21, p 13.

[35]         EDO, Submission 21, p 14.

[36]         Sections 324P & 341P

[37]         Letter from Mr Bruce Leaver to the Secretary dated 9 March 2001.

[38]         This Act is linked to the matters covered by the bills by s 487 of the EPBC Act.  Letter from Mr Bruce Leaver to the Secretary dated 9 March 2001.

[39]         Mr Molesworth, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p .

[40]         Sections 324J and 341J

[41]         ATSIC, Submission 25, p 16.

[42]         ACPHA, Submission 30, p 6.

[43]         South Australian government, Submission 27, p 5 and ANZMEC, Submission 24, p 8.

[44]         Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 8.

[45]         ACNT, Submission 4, p 2.

[46]         Mr Peter King, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 107.

[47]         1996 Commonwealth Report by the Committee of Review – Commonwealth owned Heritage Properties – A Presence for the Past, Chapter 3, page 1.

[48]         A Presence for the Past, Chapter 3

[49]         ACF, Submission 16, p 14.  See also EDO, Submission 21, p 20; ACNT, Submission 4, p 3; WWF, Submission 12, pp 5 & 10; Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 8.

[50]         Professor Lennon, Submission 11, p 5.

[51]         Mr Pittock, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 31.

[52]         A Presence for the past, p. 24

[53]         A Presence for the past, p. 25

[54]         Part (g).  ACNT, Submission 4, p 7.  See also ACF, Submission 16, p 14; EDO, Submission 21, p 7.

[55]         ACNT, Submission 4, p 7

[56]         Tasmanian government, Submission 28, p 4.

[57]         Tasmanian government, Submission 28, p 4.

[58]         Section 324U and section 341V

[59]         Section 324Z and section 341ZB

[60]         Pursuant to section 516B of the EPBC Act 1999.  Professor Lennon, Submission 11, p 4.

[61]         EDO, Submission 21, p 15.

[62]         At sections 324Z(2) and 341ZB(2)

[63]         EDO, Submission 21, p 18.

[64]         WWF, Submission 12, p 15.

[65]         Sydney Water, Submission 7, p 3.

[66]         Chapter 7, Section 519

[67]         AMEC, Submission 9, p 19.  See also Mr Layton, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 41.

[68]         Sections 324Y and 341ZA

[69]         AHC Act 1975, Part VA.

[70]         AHC Act 1975, Section 7

[71]         AHC Annual Report 1999/2000, p. 26

[72]         Environment Australia website, http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/awhg/chpp/information.html#info (as at 2 March 2001)

[73]         Mr Molesworth, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 79.

[74]         ACNT, Submission 4, p 6.  See also ACF, Submission 16, p 11.

[75]         New South Wales government, Submission 29, p 3.

[76]         New South Wales government, Submission 29, p 3.

[77]         Ms Burch, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 64.  See also Tasmanian government, Submission 28, p 5.

[78]         Victorian government, Submission 31, p 6.

[79]         Dr Marsden , Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 78.

[80]         WWF, Submission 12, p 16.

[81]         Section 324D(6)

[82]         Peak Environmental Enterprises, Submission 5(a)

[83]         Dr Mosley, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 13

[84]         Mr Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 122.

Chapter 6 - Enforcement of Heritage protection

[1]           Section 15C

[2]           EPBC sections 26 & 28

[3]           EPBC sections 523,524 and 524A

[4]           WWF, Submission 12, p 9.  See also ACF, Submission 16, p 11.

[5]           ACNT, Submission 4, p 4.

[6]           Bill sections 324X and 341Z

[7]           ACF, Submission 16, p 11.

[8]           Dr Nicholls, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 54.

[9]           Sections 324X and 341Z.  See also ACNT, Submission 4, p 4, and WWF, Submission 12, p 11.

[10]         ACNT, Submission 4, p 4.  See also ACF, Submission 16, p 14.

[11]         Mr Bruce Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 124.

[12]         Quoted in EDO, Submission 21, p 16.

[13]         WWF, Submission 12, p 11.

[14]         ACNT, Submission 4, p 3.

[15]         EDO, Submission 21, p 16.  See also Dr Nicholls, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 28 February 2001, p 57.

[16]         1996 Commonwealth Report by the Committee of Review – Commonwealth owned Heritage Properties – A Presence for the Past, p 62.

[17]         WWF, Submission 12, p 7.

[18]         EPBC section 524B

[19]         ‘Administrative Guidelines for determining whether an action has, will have, or is likely to have a significant impact on a matter of national environmental significance under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Act 1999.’ See Environment Australia website: http://www.erin.gov.au/epbc/proponents/significance_guidelines_text.htm 

[20]         EDO, Submission 21, p 9.

[21]         WWF, Submission 12, p 7.

[22]         ACF, Submission 16, p 13.  See also ACNT, Submission 4, p 3.

[23]         ACNT, Submission 4, p 2.

[24]         ACF, Submission 16, p 13.

[25]         ACF, Submission 16, p 13.

[26]         WWF, Submission 12, p 10.  Note also the comments of EDO, Submission 21, p 21.

[27]         ACF, Submission 16, p 13.

[28]         Administrative Guidelines p 2.

[29]         Associate Professor Adam, Submission 20, p 3.

[30]         WWF, Submission 12, p 7.  See also ACF, Submission 16, p 14.

[31]         WWF, Submission 12, p 8.  See also EDO, Submission 21, p 8.

[32]         ACF, Submission 16, p 12.

[33]         ACF, Submission 16, p 12.

[34]         Section 341Y

[35]         EDO, Submission 21, p 21.

[36]         NQCC, Submission 1, p 2.

[37]         NQCC, Submission 1, p 2.

[38]         42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)(iii)

[39]         40 C.F.R. 1502.14(a).  NQCC, Submission 1, p 2.

[40]         EDO, Submission 21, p 21.

[41]         WWF, Submission 12, p 16.

[42]         Section341Y(1)

[43]         Section 341Q(4)

[44]         Chapter 2, paragraph 2.8

[45]         Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 8.

[46]         EPBC Act section 68

[47]         EPBC Act section 69

[48]         EPBC Act section 70

[49]         WWF, Submission 12, p 17.

[50]         According to the EDO, the Schofield Report (A Presence for the Past) further noted that for a number of years the Commonwealth has not been providing consistent directives to its departments on preserving heritage.  EDO, Submission 21, p 20.

Chapter 7 - Indigenous Heritage

[1]           ATSIC, Submission 25, p 8.

[2]           The Bill was passed by the House of Representatives on 11/2/99 and by the Senate on 26/11/99 with amendments.  The House of Representatives did not agree to all the Senate amendments, and this was reported back to the Senate on 9/12/99.

[3]           Section 4 Purposes of Act

[4]           Section 4 Main object of Act

[5]           Mr Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p .

[6]           Note the shared concerns of the Victorian government: Submission 31, p 4.

[7]           National Heritage Convention Key Outcomes, p. 45

[8]           Mr Clark, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 103.

[9]           Professor Mulvaney, Submission 3, p 2.  See also Australian Council of Professional Historians Association, Submission 30, p 4.

[10]         Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 7.

[11]         ATSIC, Submission 25, p 12.

[12]         Tasmanian government, Submission 28, p 5.

[13]         ATSIC, Submission 25, p 12.

[14]         EDO, Submission 21, p 9.

[15]         Mr Preston Thomas, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 100. Also Mr Clark

[16]         Mr Geoff Clark, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 99.

[17]         Mr Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 121.

[18]         Mr Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 121.

[19]         Mr Leaver, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 121.

[20]         Ms Sullivan, Submission 14, p 7.

[21]         ACF, Submission 16, p 8.

[22]         Mr Geoff Clark, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 99.

[23]         ATSIC, Submission 25, p 10 - 11.  Mr Geoff Clarke, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 99-100.

[24]         Articles 4, 12, 13,14, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29.

[25]         Articles 1.1 and 27.

[26]         Preamble, paragraph 7

[27]         Mr Preston Thomas, Proof Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 March 2001, p 100.

Minority report by Labor Senators

[1]           Submission 10, Professor Yencken and others, p 4-5.