BURRUP PENINSULA —
WORLD HERITAGE LISTING
31. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the Minister for Environment:
I refer to Australia being on UNESCO's
World Heritage Committee until the end of 2021, which means that a submission
for the Burrup for World Heritage listing cannot be put in until 2022.
(1) Will the minister in the meantime put the Burrup
on the World Heritage tentative list, thereby allowing time to compile a substantial case together with the
Aboriginal custodians of the land for the World Heritage listing?
(2) If no to (1),why not?
(3) If yes to (1), when?
(4) What progress
to date has been made on the preparation of support documentation for either
the World Heritage tentative list nomination or indeed the World Heritage list
nomination?
(5) Has the
commonwealth government's Minister for the Environment responded to the
letter, reference 59-074266, advising of the state's desire to progress
World Heritage listing?
(6) If yes to (5), on what date and
will the minister table the response?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) Yes.
(2) Not applicable.
(3) The Murujuga
Aboriginal Corporation and state government will prepare a tentative list
submission for Murujuga in 2019 for submission to the commonwealth government,
with the view to having it added to Australia's World Heritage
tentative list in early 2020.
(4) Preparation of the tentative list submission has
begun. Progress includes the establishment of an interagency task force and
heritage committee to prepare and inform the nomination, with meeting schedules
determined for 2019. An expert World Heritage adviser has been engaged to
provide technical advice on the nomination process. A draft communication and
engagement strategy is in development, and reference materials are being
compiled to complete each of the required components of the tentative list
submission.
(5) Yes.
(6) The
commonwealth Minister for the Environment responded on 1 November 2018. This is
not a letter that belongs to me; however, I have sought approval and I table
the attached document.
[See paper 2396.]