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The terms of reference were adopted by the committee on Wednesday 11 March 2020.

Terms of reference

Date	Milestone
11 Mar 2020	Referred
30 Apr 2020	Submissions closed
01 Jun 2020	Hearing - Video Conference – check Parliament's webstream, Sydney
01 Jul 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
20 Aug 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
15 Oct 2020	Final Report
14 Apr 2021	Government Response to Final Report
15 Apr 2021	Government Response to Final Report due
15 Dec 2021	Government Response to Final Report

No. 1 Mr Peter Root
No. 2 Dr David Clune and Mr Mark Hildebrand
No. 3 Dr Brian Lindsay, Chair, Board of the NSW State Archives and Records Authority
No. 4 Name suppressed
No. 5 Ms Virginia Macleod
No. 6 Mr Ian Campbell
No. 7 The National Art School
No. 8 Name suppressed
No. 9 Lucinda Hughes Turnbull AO
No. 9a Lucinda Hughes Turnbull AO
No. 10 Mr William Oates
No. 11 Museums and Galleries of NSW
No. 12 Mr Alan Ventress
No. 13 Dr Peter Watts AM
No. 14 Ms Amanda Barber
No. 15 Art Gallery of New South Wales
No. 16 Board of Trustees for the Historic Houses Trust of NSW, Sydney Living Museums
No. 17 City of Newcastle
No. 18 Ms Ruth Medd
No. 19 Mr Philip Grove
No. 20 Anne Henderson AM
No. 21 Name suppressed
No. 22 Board of the NSW State Archives and Records Authority
No. 23 Information & Privacy Commission
No. 24 Society of Australian Genealogists
No. 25 Mr Gerard Calilhanna
No. 26 Australian Museums and Galleries Association
No. 27 Mrs Maisy Stapleton
No. 28 Federation of Australian Historical Societies
No. 29 Professor Lucy Taksa
No. 30 NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc
No. 31 Professional Historians Australia
No. 32 Dr Rosemary Webb
No. 33 Royal Australian Historical Society
No. 34 Professional Historians Association (NSW & ACT)
No. 35 Dr Marlene Kanga AM
No. 36 Dr Shirley Fitzgerald
No. 37 Sherman Centre for Culture & Ideas
No. 38 Port Stephens Council
No. 39 Heritage Council of NSW
No. 40 Mr Edward Simpson
No. 41 Ms Karen Moses
No. 42 Helen Temple
No. 43 Recordkeeping Innovation Pty Ltd
No. 44 Australian Society of Archivists Inc
No. 45 Mrs Chris McDiven AM
No. 46 History Council of New South Wales, Inc
No. 47 Australian Historical Association
No. 48 The University of Sydney
No. 49 Dr Mark Dunn
No. 50 Mr Adam Lindsay
No. 51 Jenni Stapleton
No. 52 Records & Information Professionals of Australasia
No. 53 Name suppressed
No. 54 Name suppressed
No. 55 Name suppressed
No. 56 Mr Roderick Simpson
No. 57 Mr Aaron Waters-Marsh
No. 58 Sydney Opera House
No. 59 Tweed Shire Council
No. 60 Mr Geoff Hinchcliffe
No. 61 National Archives of Australia
No. 62 Jennifer Sanders
No. 63 Far West Local Health District
No. 64 NSW Health
No. 65 NSW Trustee and Guardian
No. 66 Dr Clive Lucas
No. 67 Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education & Research, UTS
No. 68 Link-Up (NSW) Aboriginal Corporation

Date	Venue Details
01/06/2020	Video Conference – check Parliament's webstream, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
01/07/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
20/08/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
Further government response - Report No 57 - Standing Committee on Social Issues - State Records Act 1998 and the Policy Paper on its review (PDF)	15/12/2021
Government response - Report No 57 - Standing Committee on Social Issues - State Records Act 1998 and the Policy Paper on its review (PDF)	14/04/2021
Report No 57 - Standing Committee on Social Issues - State Records Act 1998 and the Policy Paper on its review (PDF)	15/10/2020	Due 15/04/2021

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2022-02-03	03/02/2022	Correspondence	Adam Lindsay, Executive Director of Sydney Living Museums and the State Archives & Records Authority, to the Chair, State Records Act 1998 and Policy Paper on its review
2020-10-15	15/10/2020	Media Release	Report tabled
2020-09-25	25/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Hon Don Harwin MLC, Special Minister of State, and Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs and the Arts
2020-09-09	09/09/2020	Additional Information	Ms Jenni Stapleton, Former Director, State Archives and Records Authority of NSW
2020-08-31	31/08/2020	Correspondence	Dr Peter Watts AM, to the Chair, regarding comments made by the Hon Don Harwin MLC, Minister for the Arts, at the hearing on 20 August 2020
2020-08-20	20/08/2020	Tendered Document	Photographs from Hambledon Cottage, Experiment Farm, Harris Park, February 2018, tendered by Mrs Lucinda Turnbull AO
2020-07-28	28/07/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Julia Mant, President, Australian Society of Archivists Inc.
2020-07-27	27/07/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Dr Lisa Murray, Chair, Professional Historians Association (NSW and ACT)
2020-07-15	15/07/2020	Correspondence	Letter from Mr Adam Lindsay, Executive Director, State Archives and Records Authority of NSW and Sydney Living Museums, to Chair, providing a response to the NSW Trustee and Guardian submission to the inquiry
2020-07-07	07/07/2020	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Dr Brian Lindsay, Chair, State Archives and Records Authority of NSW
2020-07-04	04/07/2020	Additional Information	Mr Adam Lindsay, Executive Director, State Archives and Records Authority of NSW and Sydney Living Museums
2020-07-04	04/07/2020	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Mr Adam Lindsay, Executive Director, State Archives and Records Authority of NSW and Sydney Living Museums
2020-07-03	03/07/2020	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Ms Naseema Sparks AM, Chair, Historic Houses Trust of NSW (Sydney Living Museums)
2020-06-19	19/06/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Alan Ventress, Former Director, State Records NSW
2020-06-04	04/06/2020	Correspondence	Email from Mr Alan Ventress, former Director, State Records NSW, to Chair, regarding statements made in Mr Adam Lindsay's submission to the inquiry
2020-03-17	17/03/2020	Media Release	Media Release - Announcing State Records Act inquiry
2020-01-10	10/01/2020	Tabled Document	Letter from the Honourable Don Harwin MLC
2020-01-08	08/01/2020	Tabled Document	Review of the State Records Act 1998 Policy Paper

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