Rec The State Party and the Support The 2016 Management Plan 15 Tasmanian Government should includes the following The cultural heritage study will provide and secure an adequate management actions to: be led by the Aboriginal Heritage long-term allocation of financial Council. The Australian and increase baseline funding for • and human resources to allow Tasmanian governments are management of Aboriginal for proper consideration of supporting this work. cultural values to a quantum that cultural heritage. reflects their importance in the The Tasmanian Government will area’s World Heritage listing provide additional resources for cultural heritage management. produce an implementation plan • These commitments will be that clearly outlines the steps to included in the new achieve adequate funding of management plan for the management actions. The property. implementation plan will determine the relationship The Australian and Tasmanian between funding increases and governments will continue to actions within the plan that are commit resources to improving contingent upon that funding; and the understanding of the identify the parties who are property’s cultural heritage. responsible for the implementation of the Further information is available in section 1.4 of the 2016 State management actions, timelines and processes of review and Party Report consultation (section 4.7 of the management plan). The Australian and Tasmanian governments have provided funding for day-to-day ‘baseline’ management of the property since 1983. Baseline funding for management of Aboriginal cultural values has substantially increased from AUD$160,000 in 2013-14 to AUD$740,000 in 2016-17 and AUD$705,000 in 2017-18. In addition to baseline funding, in 2015 the Australian Government provided AUD$575,000 for work to provide more detail on the cultural heritage of the property and how this relates to its Outstanding Universal Value. The Implementation Plan for the management plan was finalised in November 2017. The Australian and Tasmanian governments have funded the Values Assessment of ‘Cultural the 2013 Extension Area of the TWWHA Project’ which involves community consultation and cultural heritage surveys within the areas added to the property in 2013. Further information is available in section 1.5.4 of this report.
Rec 15 The State Party and the Tasmanian Government should provide and secure an adequate long-term allocation of financial and human resources to allow for proper consideration of cultural heritage. Support The cultural heritage study will be led by the Aboriginal Heritage Council. The Australian and Tasmanian governments are supporting this work. The Tasmanian Government will provide additional resources for cultural heritage management. These commitments will be included in the new management plan for the property. The Australian and Tasmanian governments will continue to commit resources to improving the understanding of the property’s cultural heritage. Further information is available in section 1.4 of the 2016 State Party Report The 2016 Management Plan includes the following management actions to: • increase baseline funding for management of Aboriginal cultural values to a quantum that reflects their importance in the area’s World Heritage listing • produce an implementation plan that clearly outlines the steps to achieve adequate funding of management actions. The implementation plan will determine the relationship between funding increases and actions within the plan that are contingent upon that funding; and identify the parties who are responsible for the implementation of the management actions, timelines and processes of review and consultation (section 4.7 of the management plan). The Australian and Tasmanian governments have provided ‘baseline’ funding for day-to-day management of the property since 1983. Baseline funding for management of Aboriginal cultural values has substantially increased from AUD$160,000 in 2013-14 to AUD$740,000 in 2016-17 and AUD$705,000 in 2017-18. In addition to baseline funding, in 2015 the Australian Government provided AUD$575,000 for work to provide more detail on the cultural heritage of the property and how this relates to its Outstanding Universal Value. The Implementation Plan for the management plan was finalised in November 2017. The Australian and Tasmanian governments have funded the ‘Cultural Values Assessment of the 2013 Extension Area of the TWWHA Project’ which involves community consultation and cultural heritage surveys within the areas added to the property in 2013. Further information is available in section 1.5.4 of this report.
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