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- Title
Best Practice Heritage Protection: Australia's National Heritage Regime and the Tarkine.
- Authors
Macintosh, Andrew K.; Wilkinson, Deb L.
- Abstract
In January 2004, the Australian Government introduced a new federal heritage regime based around the National Heritage List (NHL). This regime has a significant governance defect; the heritage minister controls the list rather than an independent heritage body, exposing it to political manipulation. This article reviews the NHL listing process and compares it to a ‘best practice’ model. A case study on the Tarkine, a wilderness area in north-west Tasmania, demonstrates how the NHL has been managed and the influence political factors have had on its administration. The case study reveals that the concerns about the politicisation of the NHL are well-founded and that changes ought to be made to ensure the regime fulfils its objectives.
- Subjects
TASMANIA; AUSTRALIA; PROTECTION of cultural property (International law); CULTURAL property management; WILDERNESS areas; INTERNATIONAL regimes; ENVIRONMENTAL law; POLITICAL corruption; PUBLIC administration
- Publication
Journal of Environmental Law, 2012, Vol 24, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
0952-8873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/jel/eqr030