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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2004 Week 09 Hansard (Tuesday, 17 August 2004) . . Page.. 3761 ..

Heritage, and Acting Minister for Health) (6.20): I move amendment No 3 circulated in my name, which inserts a new clause 7A [see schedule 3 at page 3803].

Mr Speaker, the new clause will ensure that those acting to fight fires and to save life and property under the Emergencies Act can do so. I do point out at the same time that, with the experience of the recent fires, firefighters will not be unaware of the heritage issues, but this amendment does give them some freedom of movement.

Proposed new clause 7A agreed to.

Clause 8.

MR WOOD (Minister for Disability, Housing and Community Services, Minister for Urban Services, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for Arts and Heritage, and Acting Minister for Health) (6.21): I move amendment No 4 circulated in my name, which relates to the tree legislation [see schedule 3 at page 3803].

Amendment agreed to.

Clause 8, as amended, agreed to.

Clause 9 agreed to.

Clause 10.

MR WOOD (Minister for Disability, Housing and Community Services, Minister for Urban Services, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for Arts and Heritage, and Acting Minister for Health) (6.21): I move amendment No 5 circulated in my name [see schedule 3 at page 3803].

This amendment is an addition to the heritage significance criteria. While the existing paragraphs include places and objects of importance in Aboriginal tradition, this amendment makes explicit provision for them.

MS TUCKER (6.22): The Greens support this amendment. It is important because it specifies that places and objects which are important to local Aboriginal tradition are given heritage significance and it makes the connection between Aboriginal culture and our heritage explicit and emphasises the value we place as a society on that heritage.

MS DUNDAS (6.22): This amendment is the first of many that have come out of further consultation that the government undertook with indigenous groups. I thank the government for undertaking that consultation and then drafting these amendments out of that. I believe that this amendment is particularly important as, for the first time in the ACT, our heritage values will recognise the importance of objects and places that have a significant place in Aboriginal tradition.

MRS DUNNE (6.23): The Liberal opposition will be supporting this amendment as it is one of those that have flown out of what we would have thought last week, if we had listened to the minister, was unnecessary consultation. As a result of the consultation forced on the government, we do have a suite of amendments like this one that for the

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