Inquiry into museums and galleries

This inquiry was established on 23 June 2016 to inquire into and report on museums and galleries.

The reporting date has been extended to 28 February 2019.

Terms of Reference
Timeline
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Reports and Government Responses
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This inquiry was self-referred on 23 June 2016.

Terms of reference - Museums and galleries

Date	Milestone
23 Jun 2016	Referred
14 Aug 2016	Submissions closed
05 Sep 2016	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
06 Sep 2016	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
23 Sep 2016	Hearing - Lithgow, Lithgow, Lithgow
19 Oct 2016	Hearing - McKell Room, Parliament House, Sydney
14 Nov 2016	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
17 Feb 2017	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
06 Jun 2017	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
29 Aug 2017	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
18 Dec 2017	Interim Report
28 May 2018	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
01 Jun 2018	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney
18 Jun 2018	Government Response to Interim Report due
19 Jun 2018	Government Response to Interim Report
12 Sep 2018	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
16 Nov 2018	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
11 Feb 2019	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
11 Feb 2019	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
28 Feb 2019	Final Report
17 Jul 2019	Government Response to Final Report
28 Aug 2019	Government Response to Final Report due

Date	Venue Details
05/09/2016	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
06/09/2016	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
23/09/2016	Lithgow, Lithgow, Lithgow	Schedule	Transcript
19/10/2016	McKell Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
14/11/2016	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
17/02/2017	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
06/06/2017	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
29/08/2017	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
28/05/2018	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
01/06/2018	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
12/09/2018	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
16/11/2018	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
11/02/2019	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney		Transcript
11/02/2019	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
Government response - Report No 40 - PC 4 - Legal Affairs - Museums and galleries in NSW	17/07/2019
Report No 40 - PC 4 - Legal Affairs - Museums and galleries in NSW	28/02/2019	Due 28/08/2019
Government response - Report No 35 - PC 4 - Legal Affairs - Museums and galleries in NSW	19/06/2018
Summmary of recommendations	18/12/2017	Due 18/06/2018
Report No 35 - PC 4 - Legal Affairs - Museums and galleries in NSW	18/12/2017	Due 18/06/2018

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2019-02-28	28/02/2019	Media Release	Final report tabled
2019-02-18	18/02/2019	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Craig Limkin - Department of Planning and Environment
2019-02-11	11/02/2019	Other	Video 1 relating to MAAS Ball received confidentially - resolved to be published by the committee
2019-02-11	11/02/2019	Other	Video 2 relating to MAAS Ball received confidentially - resolved to be published by the committee
2019-02-11	11/02/2019	Tabled Document	Impact of current Government development policies on the Powerhouse Museum
2018-12-14	14/12/2018	Answers to Questions on Notice	Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
2018-11-16	16/11/2018	Tabled Document	Proposed site for Powerhouse Museum, Parramatta - tabled by Mr David Shoebridge, 16 November 2018
2018-10-09	09/10/2018	Answers to Questions on Notice	Department of Planning and Environment
2018-09-26	26/09/2018	Other	2014 Final Business Case for the renewal of the Powerhouse Museum
2018-09-26	26/09/2018	Other	2014 Final Business Case for the renewal of the Powerhouse Museum - Appendices
2018-09-12	12/09/2018	Tabled Document	Evidence of "De-skilling" at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences - tabled by Mr Andrew Grant
2018-06-22	22/06/2018	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Mike Baird
2018-04-04	04/04/2018	Media Release	Witnesses to appear voluntarily
2018-02-19	19/02/2018	Media Release	Next steps for inquiry
2018-02-15	15/02/2018	Media Release	Update on witnesses invited to the next hearing
2017-12-18	18/12/2017	Media Release	Interim report tabled
2017-10-09	09/10/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Minister Harwin
2017-09-12	12/09/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Amanda Chadwick - Parramatta City Council
2017-09-12	12/09/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Amanda Chadwick - Deloitte - Market Analysis for Riverside Theatres - November 2014
2017-09-12	12/09/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Amanda Chadwick - Riverside Masterplan - Stage 2 Report - July 2015
2017-09-12	12/09/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Riverside Masterplan - Formulation and consolidation report - January 2013
2017-09-12	12/09/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Amanda Chadwick - Riverside Stage 2 Formulation and Consolidation Report
2017-08-29	29/08/2017	Tabled Document	MAAS Museum Relocation Business Impacts Study - Ms Amanda Chadwick
2017-08-29	29/08/2017	Tabled Document	Culture and our city: A Cultural Plan for Parramatta’s CBD 2017-2022 City of Parramatta - Ms Amanda Chadwick
2017-08-29	29/08/2017	Tabled Document	Museum and Cultural Precinct for Parramatta - Ms Amanda Chadwick
2017-08-29	29/08/2017	Tabled Document	Review of the Heads of Agreement between City of Parramatta Council and the NSW Government to establish an arts and cultural precinct - Deloitte - 27 July 2017 - Ms Amanda Chadwick
2017-08-29	29/08/2017	Tabled Document	Opening statement - Ms Amanda Chadwick
2017-06-30	30/06/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Minister Harwin and Department of Planning and Environment
2017-03-30	30/03/2017	Media Release	Reporting date extended
2017-03-28	28/03/2017	Other	Advice from the Clerk of the Parliaments - order for papers under Standing Order 52 and Standing Order 208
2017-03-23	23/03/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Joe Agius, Cox Architecture
2017-03-08	08/03/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Rachel Neeson, Neeson-Murcutt Architects
2017-03-08	08/03/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Peter Root, Root Projects Australia
2017-03-08	08/03/2017	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Dolla Merrillees and Michael Parry, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
2017-02-27	27/02/2017	Other	Advice from the Clerk of the Parliaments to the committee regarding cabinet confidentiality
2017-02-13	13/02/2017	Correspondence	Mr Michael Rolfe - Museums and Galleries NSW - clarifying evidence from hearing on 14 November 2016.
2016-12-27	27/12/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Madeleine Scully - Wagga Wagga City Council
2016-12-12	12/12/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Samantha Torres, Arts NSW
2016-12-01	01/12/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr John Shine, former President Board of Trustees, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
2016-11-17	17/11/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
2016-11-17	17/11/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences - Attachment 1
2016-11-14	14/11/2016	Tabled Document	Infrastructure NSW State Infrastructure Strategy Update 2014 - Samantha Torres - Arts NSW
2016-11-14	14/11/2016	Tabled Document	NSW Migration Heritage Centre paper - Kylie Winkworth
2016-11-14	14/11/2016	Tabled Document	Powerhouse inquiry told regional NSW a cultural ghetto of poverty, Sydney Morning Herald, 26 September 2016 - Debbie Sommers
2016-10-19	19/10/2016	Other	Proforma B
2016-10-19	19/10/2016	Other	Variations to proforma B
2016-10-13	13/10/2016	Correspondence	Clarification to transcript of evidence - 6 September 2016 - Dr Grace Cochrane
2016-10-10	10/10/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	The National Trust of Australia (NSW)
2016-09-28	28/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Museums Galleries Australia
2016-09-28	28/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Historic Houses Trust of NSW
2016-09-28	28/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Arts NSW
2016-09-27	27/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
2016-09-27	27/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Answers to supplementary questions - Museums of Applied Arts and Sciences
2016-09-23	23/09/2016	Correspondence	Documents regarding relocation of the Powerhouse Museum obtained under GIPA - Lindsay Sharp
2016-09-23	23/09/2016	Tabled Document	Opening statement - Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
2016-09-23	23/09/2016	Tabled Document	Pamphlet - Mount Victoria and District Historical Society
2016-09-23	23/09/2016	Other	Pro Forma A
2016-09-12	12/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Museum of Contemporary Art
2016-09-06	06/09/2016	Tabled Document	Boris's London Legacy, The Spectator, 18 April 2016 - Jennifer Sanders - Powerhouse Museum Alliance
2016-09-06	06/09/2016	Tabled Document	Is the British Museum heading east to London's Olympic Park, The Art Newspaper, 11 April 2016 - Jennifer Sanders - Powerhouse Museum Alliance
2016-09-06	06/09/2016	Tabled Document	University of Western Sydney lobbies to fund science centre, The Australian, 1 July 2015 - Jennifer Sanders
2016-09-06	06/09/2016	Tabled Document	UWS Questacon-style centre vision for the west, The Daily Telegraph - Jennifer Sanders
2016-09-06	06/09/2016	Tabled Document	Webpage from Louvre-Lens - Jennifer Sanders
2016-09-06	06/09/2016	Tabled Document	V&A Museum of Design Dundee - Jennifer Sanders
2016-09-06	06/09/2016	Tabled Document	Heritage of the Powerhouse Museum by Tom Lockley - Lindsay Sharp
2016-09-06	06/09/2016	Answers to Questions on Notice	Patricia Johnson - Save the Powerhouse Campaign
2016-09-06	06/09/2016	Tabled Document	Minutes regarding relocation of the Powerhouse Museum (with handwritten notes) - Dr Lindsay Sharp
2016-09-05	05/09/2016	Tabled Document	National Trust Register Listing Report Industrial Heritage Site for Ultimo Powerhouse - Graham Quint
2016-09-05	05/09/2016	Tabled Document	National Trust Register Listing Report for Powerhouse Museum - Graham Quint
2016-09-05	05/09/2016	Tabled Document	State heritage register nomination form for Ultimo Powerhouse - Graham Quint
2016-09-05	05/09/2016	Tabled Document	Letter to Minister Rob Stokes dated 3 July 2016
2016-09-05	05/09/2016	Tabled Document	Culture Matters by Gallery Services, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery and Pinnacles Gallery
		Other	Media release - museums and galleries inquiry

Name	Role	Phone	Email
Emma Rogerson	Main Contact	02 9230 2898	portfoliocommittee4@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Tina Higgins	Director Committees	9230 2739	portfoliocommittee4@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Inquiry into museums and galleries

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No. 1 Mrs Carol Lynch
No. 2 Ms Hall Best
No. 3 Name suppressed
No. 4 Name suppressed
No. 5 Mr Tor Larsen
No. 6 Name suppressed
No. 7 Name suppressed
No. 8 Ms Cedar Prest
No. 9 Name suppressed
No. 10 Name suppressed
No. 11 Mr David Payne
No. 12 Dr Jesse Adams Stein
No. 13 Dutch Australian Cultural Centre, Ltd
No. 14 Ms Alice Kershaw
No. 15 Pyrmont History Group
No. 16 Name suppressed
No. 17 Friends of Fagan Park
No. 18 Name suppressed
No. 19 Mr Jeffrey Mellefont
No. 20 gunnedah rural museum inc.
No. 21 Save the Powerhouse Campaign
No. 21a Save the Powerhouse Campaign
No. 22 Ultimo Village Voice
No. 23 Millthorpe & District Historical Society
No. 24 The Great Cobar Heritage Centre / Cobar Shire Council
No. 25 NSW Government
No. 26 The City of Greater Lithgow Mining Museum Inc
No. 27 Engineers Australia NSW Division - Engineering Heritage Sydney
No. 28 NSW Steam Preservation Co-Op Society Limited trading as Campbelltown Steam and Machinery Museum
No. 29 Blue Mountains Cultural Centre - Blue Mountains City Council
No. 30 Greater Western Sydney Heritage Action Group
No. 31 Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum
No. 32 LGNSW
No. 33 Regional and Public Galleries NSW (RPGNSW)
No. 34 Mount Victoria and District Historical Society Inc.
No. 35 Museums and Galleries of NSW
No. 36 Western Sydney Arts and Cultural Lobby
No. 37 Public Service Association
No. 38 Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Board of Trustees
No. 39 Australian Museum Trust
No. 40 The Design Institute of Australia (DIA)
No. 41 Council of Australasian Museum Directors
No. 42 Museums Galleries Australia
No. 43 International Council for Museums; Australia
No. 44 North Parramatta Residents Action Group Inc.
No. 44a North Parramatta Residents Action Group Inc.
No. 44b North Parramatta Residents Action Group Inc.
No. 44c North Parramatta Residents Action Group Inc.
No. 45 Library Council of New South Wales
No. 46 National Trust of Australia
No. 47 Snowy Scheme Museum/Adaminaby Snowy Scheme Collection Inc.
No. 48 Lake Macquarie City Council
No. 49 Border Flywheelers Club Inc
No. 50 Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials
No. 51 National Association for the Visual Arts *NAVA)
No. 52 Shoalhaven Vintage Machinery Club Inc
No. 53 Name suppressed
No. 54 Jacksons Landing Community Association
No. 55 Save Bondi Pavilion group
No. 56 Arts Mid North Coast
No. 57 Australian Design Centre
No. 58 Delegate Progress Association
No. 59 Cherry Capital Collectors Club
No. 60 The Australian Ceramics Association
No. 61 Professional Historians Association NSW & ACT
No. 62 Modern Art Projects (MAP)
No. 63 Bega and District Historical Machinery Club Inc.
No. 64 Name suppressed
No. 65 Mr Terence Measham
No. 66 Trustees of the Historic House Trust
No. 67 Ms Judith White
No. 67a Ms Judith White
No. 67b Ms Judith White
No. 68 Mr Keith Johnson
No. 69 Dr Cecilia Spence
No. 70 Mrs Manuela Epstein
No. 71 Ms Diana Simmonds
No. 72 Name suppressed
No. 73 Mr Stephen Thompson
No. 74 Dr Warren Brisley
No. 75 Mr Brian Becconsall
No. 76 Name suppressed
No. 77 Name suppressed
No. 78 Mr Garry Horvai
No. 79 Paul Hannah
No. 80 Name suppressed
No. 81 Mrs Catherine Barnes
No. 82 Dr Rebecca Spindler
No. 83 Name suppressed
No. 84 Mr Martin Cousins
No. 85 Ms Barbara Radcliffe
No. 86 Mr Peter Murray
No. 87 Mrs Ruth Thomson
No. 88 Mr Robert Pauling
No. 89 Riverina Vintage Machinery Club Inc.
No. 90 Dr Shirley Fitzgerald
No. 91 Harden-Murrumburrah Historical Society
No. 92 Mr Hernan Terrazzino
No. 93 Dr Belinda Nemec
No. 94 Name suppressed
No. 95 Name suppressed
No. 96 Powerhouse Museum Alliance
No. 96a Dr Grace Cochrane
No. 96b Dr Grace Cochrane
No. 96c Dr Grace Cochrane
No. 96d Powerhouse Museum Alliance
No. 97 Ms Marina Garlick
No. 98 Name suppressed
No. 99 Name suppressed
No. 100 Mr Frank Johnson
No. 101 Ms Janet De Boer
No. 102 Mr Bradley Powe
No. 103 Ms Anne Schofield
No. 103a Ms Anne Schofield
No. 104 Mr Carl Andrew
No. 105 Mr Andrew Grant
No. 105a Mr Andrew Grant
No. 105b Mr Andrew Grant
No. 106 Mr John August
No. 107 Mr Duncan Bourne
No. 108 Engineers Australia
No. 109 Mrs Wendy McLean
No. 110 Tourism & Transport Forum Australia (TTF)
No. 111 Name suppressed
No. 112 Ms Jeanie Kitchener
No. 113 Dr Nicholas G Pappas AM
No. 113a Dr Nicholas G Pappas AM
No. 114 Mr Allan and Ms Daphne Opferkuch
No. 115 Dr Janis Wilton
No. 116 Shoalhaven City Council and Shoalhaven Arts Board
No. 117 Save the Powerhouse Campaign
No. 118 Mrs Darani Lewers
No. 119 Leo Schofield
No. 120 Sue Boaden Cultural Planner
No. 121 Ms Patricia Johnson
No. 122 Mr Tim McDonald
No. 123 Mrs Elizabeth Gossell
No. 124 Mr Nicholas McCallum
No. 125 Ms Clare Ashton
No. 126 Name suppressed
No. 127 Name suppressed
No. 128 Ms Irma Havlicek
No. 129 Name suppressed
No. 130 Name suppressed
No. 131 Mr Leigh Mackay
No. 132 Dr Desmond Griffin
No. 133 Dr Megan Hicks
No. 133a Dr Megan Hicks
No. 134 Name suppressed
No. 135 Ms Sandra McEwen
No. 136 Ms Christina Sumner OAM
No. 137 Mr Tom Lockley
No. 137a Mr Tom Lockley
No. 137b Mr Thomas Lockley
No. 137c Mr Tom Lockley
No. 137d Mr Tom Lockley
No. 137e Mr Tom Lockley
No. 138 Mr David Payne
No. 139 Ms Jane Burns
No. 140 Mr John Harris
No. 141 Mr Trevor Kennedy
No. 142 Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 142a Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 142b Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 142c Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 142d Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 142e Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 142f Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 142g Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 142h Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 142i Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 143 Ms Debbie Rudder
No. 143a Ms Debbie Rudder
No. 144 Ms Louise Douglas
No. 145 Mrs Vicki Lindsay
No. 146 Mr Thomas Walder
No. 147 Ms Helen OBoyle
No. 148 Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148a Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148b Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148c Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148d Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148e Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148f Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148g Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148h Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148i Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148j Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148k Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148l Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148m Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148n Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148o Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148p Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148q Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148r Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148s Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148t Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148u Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 148v Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 149 Ms Kylie Winkworth
No. 149a Ms Kylie Winkworth
No. 149b Ms Kylie Winkworth
No. 149c Ms Kylie Winkworth
No. 149d Ms Kylie Winkworth
No. 149e Ms Kylie Winkworth
No. 149f Ms Kylie Winkworth
No. 149g Ms Kylie Winkworth
No. 150 Mr Ray Norman
No. 150a Mr Ray Norman
No. 151 Mr Rodney Tonkin
No. 152 Orange and District Historical Society
No. 153 Ms Rosalind Ward
No. 154 Port Macquarie Museum
No. 155 Mr Lionel Glendenning
No. 155a Mr Lionel Glendenning
No. 155b Mr Lionel Glendenning
No. 155c Mr Lionel Glendenning
No. 156 Mr Charles Wilson
No. 157 Mr John Petersen
No. 158 Ms Bernice Murphy
No. 159 Australia International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
No. 159a Australia ICOMOS
No. 160 Mr Bruce Tindale
No. 161 Mr Peter Wotton
No. 162 Mr Marco Belgiorno-Zegna AM
No. 163 Mr Alex Greenwich MP
No. 164 Orange City Council
No. 165 Asheville Art Museum
No. 166 Australian Society for History of Engineering and Technology Inc. (ASHET)
No. 167 Powerhouse Museum Alliance
No. 167a Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 168 Ms Christine F
No. 169 Mrs E Boesel
No. 170 Ms Lindsey Foster
No. 171 Woodford Academy Management Committee
No. 172 Cr Linda Scott
No. 173 Ms Robyn Petersen
No. 174 Dr John Macintosh
No. 175 Mr Max Underhill
No. 176 Mr Alan Landis
No. 177 Dr Cassi Plate
No. 178 Mr Bob Roach
No. 179 Historic Houses Association of Australia

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