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Finance—strategic budget review
(Question No 293)
Mr Coe asked the Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, upon notice, on 27 August 2009:
For each of the 22 recommendations in the Strategic Budget Review, Department of Territory and Municipal Services dated 9 December 2008 (a) what actions have been undertaken to implement each recommendation; if no actions have been taken, why not, (b) is any further action planned to implement each recommendation, (c) when will the recommendations be fully implemented, (d) when will a review of the effectiveness of any actions be undertaken and (e) what is the cost of implementing each recommendation.
Mr Stanhope: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
As agreed by the Assembly on 26 August 2009, the Government will table a report on the progress of the implementation of the Strategic Budget Review.
Heritage—historic places and objects
(Question No 305)
Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for the Arts and Heritage, upon notice, on 27 August 2009:
(1) Did the Heritage Council have a backlog of 320 historic places and objects nominated to the register in 2007-08; if so, (a) what plans does the Heritage Council have to clear this backlog and (b) when does the Heritage Council expect the backlog to be cleared.
(2) Has a consultant been engaged to undertake some of the assessment work that is necessary to deal with that backlog; if so, (a) who is the consultant engaged, (b) for how long will their services be required and (c) what is the expected cost of the consultant’s services.
Mr Stanhope: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) The Heritage Council established a project in 2007-08 to prioritise and process the backlog of about 320 historic places and objects nominated to the Register over many years.
Having examined the list of nominated places, the Heritage Council gave priority to the assessment of private properties to give owners certainty in relation to how they can develop their properties.
Since this time 37 places/objects have been assessed against the heritage significance criteria as required under the Heritage Act 2004 (the Act) and presented to the Heritage Council for decisions. Of these 37:
• 22 places have progressed to full registration;
• 2 places are currently at provisional registration status; and
• 13 places were rejected from inclusion in the Provisional Register by the Heritage Council.
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