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Review of the Heritage Act 1977

The inquiry into the Heritage Act 1977 was referred to the Standing Committee on Social Issues for inquiry and report on 13 May 2021.

Heritage NSW has published a discussion paper for the review on its website.

Recordings of the committee's hearings on 2 August, 13 August, 17 August, 24 August and 2 September 2021 are publicly available here via the NSW Parliament's YouTube channel.

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Terms of Reference - Heritage Act 1977 - revised 21 June 2021

Date	Milestone
13 May 2021	Referred
04 Jul 2021	Submissions closed
02 Aug 2021	Hearing - Video Conference, Sydney
13 Aug 2021	Hearing - Video Conference, Sydney
17 Aug 2021	Hearing - Video Conference, Sydney
24 Aug 2021	Hearing - Video Conference, Sydney
02 Sep 2021	Hearing - Video Conference, Sydney
22 Oct 2021	Final Report
08 Dec 2021	Government Response to Final Report
22 Apr 2022	Government Response to Final Report due

Date	Venue Details
02/08/2021	Video Conference, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
13/08/2021	Video Conference, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
17/08/2021	Video Conference, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
24/08/2021	Video Conference, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
02/09/2021	Video Conference, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - Report No 59 - Standing Committee on Social Issues - Review of the Heritage Act 1977 (PDF)	08/12/2021
	Report No 59 - Standing Committee on Social Issues - Review of the Heritage Act 1977 (PDF)	22/10/2021	Due 22/04/2022

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2021-10-25	25/10/2021	Correspondence	Clarification of Creative Capital eligibility criteria - Create NSW
2021-10-22	22/10/2021	Media Release	Report tabling - Review of the Heritage Act 1977
2021-10-03	03/10/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Jeff Sowiak - Brewarrina Shire Council
2021-10-01	01/10/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Sean Macken - Committee for Sydney
2021-09-29	29/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Annette Pitman - Create Infrastucture NSW
2021-09-27	27/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Elizabeth Vines - Broken Hill Council
2021-09-27	27/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Ben Pechey - City of Sydney
2021-09-27	27/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Ben Pechey - City of Sydney
2021-09-27	27/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Elizabeth Vines - Broken Hill Council
2021-09-27	27/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Merrill Witt - Better Planning Network
2021-09-26	26/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Roger Jowett - Rail, Tram and Bus Union Retired Members Association
2021-09-26	26/09/2021	Additional Information	From Mr Roger Jowettt of the RTBU RMA, enclosing their response to TfNSWs North Eveleigh Strategic Vision
2021-09-23	23/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Tim Duddy - Historic Houses Association
2021-09-23	23/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	The Hon Don Harwin MLC and Ms Kate Foy - Department of Premier and Cabinet
2021-09-23	23/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Frank Howarth - Heritage Council of NSW
2021-09-22	22/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Cr Linda Scott - Local Government NSW
2021-09-22	22/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Adam Lindsay - Sydney Living Museums and the State Archives and Records Authority
2021-09-20	20/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr Stephen Gapps - History Council of NSW
2021-09-17	17/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Kate Denny - Lucas Stapleton Johnson
2021-09-17	17/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Kate Denny - Lucas Stapleton Johnson
2021-09-17	17/09/2021	Additional Information	Transcript clarifications - Ms Polly Seidler
2021-09-16	16/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Alexandria Barnier - Urbis
2021-09-16	16/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Alexandria Barnier - Urbis
2021-09-16	16/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Stephen Batey - EJE Architecture
2021-09-16	16/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Penny Barletta - Anglican Church Property Trust
2021-09-16	16/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Mishka Holt - NTSCORP
2021-09-16	16/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Penny Barletta - Anglican Church Property Trust
2021-09-16	16/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Howard Tanner
2021-09-16	16/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr George Salouros - Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
2021-09-14	14/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Prof Richard Mackay
2021-09-14	14/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Cr Anne Dennis - NSW Aboriginal Land Council
2021-09-13	13/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Glenda Chalker - Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee
2021-09-13	13/09/2021	Additional Information	From Ms Glenda Chalker, Chair of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee, enclosing the Dhawura Ngilan vision statement and the ACHAC Principles based on the Dhawura Ngilan best practice standards
2021-09-10	10/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Andrew Margan - Hunter Valley Wine and Tourism Association
2021-09-10	10/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Lisa Newell - Hornsby Shire Council
2021-09-09	09/09/2021	Additional Information	From Mr Peter Romey of Australia ICOMOS, enclosing their submission to the EIS for the Central Station Western Gateway Development
2021-09-09	09/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Peter Romey - Australia ICOMOS
2021-09-08	08/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Glenda Chalker - Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee
2021-09-07	07/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Terry Tredrea - Lane Cove Council
2021-09-07	07/09/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr MacLaren North - Extent Heritage
2021-09-07	07/09/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr John McInerny - Millers Point Community Resident Action Group
2021-08-30	30/08/2021	Answers to Supplementary Questions	The Hon Don Harwin MLC
2021-05-13	13/05/2021	Other	Discussion Paper - Review of NSW Heritage Legislation - April 2021
2021-05-13	13/05/2021	Media Release	Establishment of inquiry - Review of the Heritage Act 1977
2021-05-12	12/05/2021	Correspondence	From Hon Don Harwin MLC - revised terms of reference
2021-05-12	12/05/2021	Correspondence	Chair to Hon Don Harwin MLC - Amendments to the terms of reference
2021-04-07	07/04/2021	Correspondence	From The Hon Don Harwin MLC to Chair to Hon Shayne Mallard MLC

Name	Role	Phone	Email
Anthony Hanna	Director Committees	9230 2258	[email protected]
Rachel Buist	Senior Council Officer	9230 2265	[email protected]

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No. 1a Historic Houses Association Australia
No. 2 Dr Ian Willis
No. 3 Hunter Valley Wine and Tourism Association
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No. 6 Camden Historical Society Inc
No. 6a Camden Historical Society Inc
No. 7 The Mudgee Rylstone Gulgong Branch of The National Trust
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No. 13 Broken Hill City Council
No. 14 Canterbury Bankstown Council
No. 15 Engineers Australia
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No. 19 Ms Juliet Ramsay
No. 20 Veterans Car Club of Australia (NSW) Inc
No. 21 Museums and Galleries of NSW
No. 22 Goulburn Mulwaree Councill
No. 23 Sue Rosen Associates
No. 24 Business Western Sydney
No. 25 Tanner Kibble Denton Architects Pty Ltd
No. 26 Byron Shire Council
No. 27 Friends of Fernhill and Mulgoa Valley Inc
No. 28 Place Management NSW, DPIE
No. 29 Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)
No. 30 Urbis
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No. 32 Parramatta Female Factory Friends Inc.
No. 33 EJE Architecture - EJE Heritage
No. 34 Committee for Sydney
No. 35 Local Government NSW
No. 36 Hornsby Shire Council
No. 37 Heritage Council of NSW	Attachments
No. 37a Heritage Council of NSW
No. 38 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee (ACHAC)
No. 39 Mr Gregory Brunner
No. 40 Woollahra Municipal Council
No. 41 Central Coast Council
No. 42 Mr Peter Ingall
No. 43 Cessnock City Council
No. 44 Double Bay Residents' Association Inc
No. 45 Penrith City Council
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No. 47 Docomomo Australia
No. 48 Better Planning Network Inc
No. 49 Anglican Church Property Trust Diocese of Sydney
No. 50 National Trust of Australia (NSW) - Southern Highlands Branch
No. 51 Blue Mountains City Council
No. 52 Mr Kenneth Pritchett
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No. 55 Willoughby City Council
No. 56 Professor Richard Mackay
No. 57 Moree Plains Shire Council
No. 58 Wollondilly Shire Council
No. 59 Australian Garden History Society Sydney & Northern NSW Branch
No. 60 Mr Eduard Glastra-Marcello
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No. 63 Northern Beaches Council
No. 64 Anglican Church Growth Corporation
No. 65 Save the Powerhouse
No. 66 The Glebe Society Incorporated
No. 67 Walter Burley Griffin Society Inc.
No. 68 Operating Heritage Australia
No. 69 Friends of Quarantine Station
No. 70 Create NSW
No. 71 Sydney Living Museums and the State Archives and Records Authority of NSW
No. 72 University Infrastructure, University of Sydney
No. 73 Liverpool City Council
No. 74 APA Group
No. 75 Lucas Stapleton Johnson and Partners
No. 76 Australian Archaeological Association
No. 77 Urban Development Institute of Australia NSW (UDIA)
No. 78 Blue Mountains Branch, National Trust (NSW)
No. 79 Australasian Society for Historical Archaeology
No. 80 History Council of NSW
No. 81 Lake Macquarie City Council
No. 82 Utopia Architects
No. 83 The Astor Pty Ltd
No. 84 Haberfield Association
No. 85 National Trust NSW, Far South Coast Branch
No. 86 Ms Polly Seidler
No. 87 Curio Projects Pty Ltd
No. 88 City Plan Heritage
No. 89 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Parramatta Regional Branch
No. 90 GML Heritage
No. 91 Millers Point Community Resident Action Group
No. 92 Australian Museums and Galleries Association, NSW Branch
No. 93 Transport Heritage NSW
No. 94 Camden Residents' Action Group Inc
No. 95 Royal Australian Historical Society
No. 96 Extent Heritage Pty Ltd
No. 97 Ms Kate Clark
No. 98 Urban Taskforce
No. 99 Dr Iain Stuart
No. 100 National Parks Association of NSW
No. 101 Greater Sydney Parklands Trust
No. 102 Planning Institute of Australia
No. 103 Mr Chris Betteridge
No. 104 Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc
No. 105 Australasian Institute of Maritime Archaeology
No. 106 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA)	Attachments
No. 107 Mr Jamie Parker MP
No. 108 Mrs Mary Dal Santo
No. 109 Friends of Ku-ring-gai Environment Inc.
No. 110 Huskisson Heritage Association Inc
No. 111 Hunters Hill Council
No. 112 Bermagui Community Forum Management Committee
No. 113 Coffs Harbour City Council
No. 114 Berry & District Historical Society Inc
No. 115 Blue Mountains Association of Cultural Heritage Organisations Inc
No. 116 Australian Garden History Society
No. 117 Ms Susan Stratton
No. 118 Balmain Association
No. 119 Miss Porter's House Museum, National Trust NSW
No. 120 Wollongong City Council
No. 121 Council of Heritage Motor Clubs NSW Inc.
No. 122 Port Macquarie Historical Society Inc.
No. 123 Mrs Donna Palmer
No. 124 Ms Ursula Bonzol
No. 125 National Trust Vienna Cottage Committee
No. 126 REDWatch Inc
No. 127 Willoughby Environmental Protection Association (WEPA)
No. 128 The Hunters Hill Trust
No. 129 City of Canada Bay
No. 130 Maitland City Council
No. 131 Name suppressed
No. 132 Bathurst Showground Land Manager
No. 133 Confidential
No. 134 Mr Lee Squires
No. 135 Dr James Lesh
No. 136 Dr Clive Lucas
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No. 143 Mr Paul Rappoport
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No. 145 Mrs Sharon Thistlethwaite
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No. 147 Ms Donna Leslie
No. 148 Ms June Lunsmann
No. 149 Ms Helen Carter
No. 150 Tenterfield Shire Council
No. 151 Mrs Elaine White
No. 152 Mrs Janet Hay
No. 153 Mr Phil Jenkyn OAM
No. 154 Professor Sybil Jack
No. 155 Singleton Shire Healthy Environment Group
No. 156 Cremorne Conservation Group
No. 157 Mrs Heather Berry
No. 158 Dr Bridget Brooklyn
No. 159 Mrs Jane Gardiner
No. 160 Mrs Christine Newton
No. 161 Professional Historians Association (NSW & ACT)
No. 162 Mr Tim Phillp
No. 163 Mr Robert Clark
No. 164 Ms Louise Marcroft
No. 165 Ms Judy Butlin
No. 166 Ms Cathy Peters
No. 167 Mr Max Underhill
No. 168 Mr David Dufall
No. 169 Mr Vasilij Schlusser
No. 170 Mrs Barbara Brady
No. 171 Cr Kerry Brown
No. 172 Mrs Oriel Jonas
No. 173 Ms Mary Sutton
No. 174 Mrs Barbara Rooke
No. 175 Ms Anne Field
No. 176 Mr Wayne Lewis
No. 177 Brewarrina Shire Council
No. 178 Ms Linda Avramides
No. 179 Ms Robyn Longhurst
No. 180 Dr Anne Warr
No. 181 Dr Kate Sullivan
No. 182 Ms Catherine Barlow
No. 183 North Sydney Council
No. 184 Mr Ross Mackenzie
No. 185 Mrs Alice Oppen
No. 186 Janet Harwood
No. 187 Dr Cameron Logan
No. 188 Mr Francis Breen
No. 189 Lauren Schutz
No. 190 AMAC Group
No. 191 Dr Cameron Hartnell
No. 192 Mrs Colleen Fliegner
No. 193 Mr Geoff Stennett
No. 194 Brett Simpson
No. 195 Dr Geoffrey & Ann Long
No. 196 Michelle Jones
No. 197 Ms Hayley Edmonds
No. 198 Mrs Christine Alexander
No. 199 Dr Alister Sharp
No. 200 Caitlin Allen
No. 201 Dr Mary Casey
No. 202 Hawkesbury City Council
No. 203 Ms Sue Murray
No. 204 Ms Kate Higgins
No. 205 Mrs Julie Daly
No. 206 Mrs Evelyn O'Donoghue
No. 207 Ms Jennie Minifie
No. 208 Mr Finbar O'Donoghue
No. 209 Ms Margaret Hinchey
No. 210 Ms Helen Temple
No. 211 Design 5 – Architects
No. 212 Mrs Elizabeth Barton
No. 213 Mrs Brigid Dowsett
No. 214 Mr Charles Barton
No. 215 Mr James Nicholson
No. 216 Mr Malcolm Garder
No. 217 Mr Warren Fisher
No. 218 Mrs Rosemary Hadaway
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No. 220 Mrs Philippa Pritchett
No. 221 Dr Alison Wain
No. 222 Mr Alastair Kinloch
No. 223 Mrs Rosalind Strong AM
No. 224 Mr Tom Sherlock
No. 225 The Paddington Society
No. 226 Ms Jacqui Kirkby
No. 227 Ms Emma Brooks Maher
No. 228 Virtus Heritage
No. 229 Ms Sheridan Burke	Attachments
No. 230 Ms Jane Alexander
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No. 256 City of Newcastle
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No. 258 Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council
No. 259 Narrabri Shire Council
No. 260 Dr Philip Drew
No. 261 Highgate Owners Corporation SP49822
No. 262 Walgett Shire Council
No. 263 Ms Gwenda Sheridan
No. 264 Property Council of Australia
No. 265 Name suppressed
No. 266 Mr Robert Allan Moore
No. 267 Edwards Heritage Consultants Pty Ltd
No. 268 Mr Robert Gasparini
No. 269 Ms Bev Atkinson
No. 270 City of Sydney
No. 271 Pyrmont Action Inc.
No. 272 Randwick City Council
No. 273 Herbert Smith Freehills
No. 274 Dr Bronwyn Hanna
No. 275 Clarence Valley Council
No. 276 Far South Coast Environment & Heritage Conservation Inc.
No. 277 The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
No. 278 Tamworth Regional Council
No. 279 Ultimo Village Voice
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No. 288 Colonel (Retd) David Dufall and Mrs Kathleen Dufall
No. 289 Orwell & Peter Phillips
No. 290 Australian Institute of Architects
No. 291 Australia ICOMOS
No. 292 The National Trust of Australia (NSW)
No. 293 NSW Department of Education
No. 294 James Colman and Laurie Bennett
No. 295 New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council
No. 295a New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council
No. 296 Confidential
No. 297 Name suppressed
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No. 300 Confidential
No. 301 Confidential
No. 302 Confidential
No. 303 Confidential
No. 304 Shoalhaven City Council
No. 305 Rail, Tram and Bus Union, Retired Members Association
No. 306 Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining & Energy Union

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