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Anzac Hall… under threat of demolition. Photo: Donald Cant Watts Corke
IN the last hour of parliament on the final sitting day of the year, federal Environment Minister Sussan Ley approved the destruction of the Australian War Memorial’s award-winning exhibition gallery space, Anzac Hall.
It’s a decision which the Australian Institute of Architects’ past president and #handsoffAnzacHall campaign spokesperson, Clare Cousins, says undermines confidence in Australia’s heritage protection framework and the operation of the
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
“The expert heritage advice from multiple government-commissioned and independent assessments regarding the adverse impacts knocking down Anzac Hall will have on the site’s heritage values was unanimous and has been ignored by the minister,” Ms Cousins says.