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The Committee resolves:
To inquire into the “Inside Australia” project at Lake Ballard (Menzies) and to report on:
- the history behind the instigation and installation of this project, providing in particular information about the original scope and vision for the project;
- the role taken by the Department of Culture and the Arts and the Art Gallery of Western Australia and other government departments and agencies in reference to this project;
- the costs and benefits and role this art installation project is currently providing to the local community of Menzies, the wider goldfields region, and to the wider Australian community,
- any support that is needed to assist the Shire of Menzies and the local Menzies community in helping maintain and protect the project;
- what steps, if any, need to be taken to promote this project as a significant visitor destination in WA;
- the risks associated with any ongoing deterioration of or damage to the project;
- the opportunities for fully completing this project in accordance with the original scope and vision for the project;
- what organisational framework and financial support is necessary to protect this project into the future; and
- what opportunities and benefits, if any, exist for additional art installation projects of this type in Western Australia.
Report to be tabled 26 November 2009 |