Select Committee on the Government's management of the Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales

The Select Committee on the Government's management of the Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales was established on 27 February 2020.

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Minutes, NSW Legislative Council, 27 February 2020, pp 802-805.

Resolution establishing select committee

Date	Milestone
27 Feb 2020	Referred
17 May 2020	Submissions closed
29 Jul 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
21 Aug 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
02 Sep 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
08 Oct 2020	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
15 Feb 2021	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
17 Mar 2022	Hearing - Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney
30 Sep 2022	Final Report
21 Dec 2022	Government Response to Final Report
30 Dec 2022	Government Response to Final Report due

No. 1 Mr Gordon Chirgwin
No. 2 Ms Alice-Anne Bagster
No. 3 Mr Gary Carter
No. 4 Mr David Churchill
No. 5 Mr Peter May
No. 6 Ms Jennifer Blackman AO
No. 7 Confidential
No. 8 Mr Peter Wotton
No. 9 Name suppressed
No. 10 Pyrmont Action Inc
No. 11 Name suppressed
No. 12 Ms Una Williamson
No. 13 Mr Johan Hagedoorn
No. 14 Mr Aaron Drew
No. 15 Ms Sally Macmillan
No. 16 Name suppressed
No. 17 Name suppressed
No. 18 Mr Chris Betteridge
No. 19 Blacktown City Council
No. 20 Name suppressed
No. 21 Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum	Attachments
No. 22 Museums and Galleries of NSW
No. 23 Regional and Public Galleries New South Wales Inc. (RPGNSW)
No. 24 Ms Debbie Rudder
No. 24a Ms Debbie Rudder
No. 24b Ms Debbie Rudder
No. 25 Ms Lesley Carnus
No. 26 Ms Kathy Maxwell
No. 27 Local Government NSW
No. 28 Decorative Arts Society
No. 29 Goulburn Mulwaree Council
No. 30 Name suppressed
No. 31 Name suppressed
No. 32 Name suppressed
No. 33 The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP
No. 34 Ms Linda Scott
No. 35 The National Trust of Australia (New South Wales)
No. 36 Engineers Australia (Sydney Division)
No. 37 Confidential
No. 38 Ms Jennifer Jungheim
No. 39 Confidential
No. 40 Lake Macquarie City Council
No. 41 Mrs Christine Cook
No. 42 Dr Peter Watts
No. 43 Clarence Valley Council
No. 44 Ms Grace Cochrane AM
No. 44a Ms Grace Cochrane AM
No. 45 Mr Yang Xing Hu
No. 46 Mr Michael Wright
No. 47 Mr Glen Ravenscroft
No. 48 Name suppressed
No. 49 Name suppressed
No. 50 Mr Peter Fenton
No. 51 Mrs Susan Wright
No. 52 Mr Neville Pleffer
No. 53 Save the Powerhouse
No. 53a Save the Powerhouse
No. 54 Name suppressed
No. 55 Name suppressed
No. 56 Name suppressed
No. 57 Name suppressed
No. 58 Inner Sydney Greens
No. 59 Mr Robert Gavagna
No. 60 Name suppressed
No. 61 Name suppressed
No. 62 Mrs Helen Donovan
No. 63 Greater Hume Council
No. 64 City of Sydney	Attachments
No. 65 Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 65a Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 65b Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 65c Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 65d Dr Lindsay Sharp
No. 66 Mr Lionel Glendenning
No. 66a Mr Lionel Glendenning
No. 66b Mr Lionel Glendenning
No. 67 Ms Marion Barker
No. 68 Darug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation
No. 69 Mr Chris Doubae
No. 70 Cr Donna Davis
No. 71 Mr Ian Stephenson
No. 72 Public Service Association of NSW
No. 73 Ms Julie Owens MP
No. 74 Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 74a Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 74b Ms Jennifer Sanders
No. 75 Name suppressed
No. 76 heritage solutions
No. 77 Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM)
No. 78 Sydney City Skywatchers
No. 79 Australian Museums and Galleries Association
No. 79a Australian Museums and Galleries Association
No. 80 Western Sydney Business Chamber
No. 81 The Hunters Hill Trust
No. 82 Arts Mid North Coast
No. 83 Port Macquarie Museum
No. 84 Federation of Australian Historical Societies
No. 85 Royal Australian Historical Society
No. 86 International Council of Museums Australia (ICOM Australia)
No. 87 Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Board of Trustees
No. 88 Mr Andrew Harris
No. 89 Ms Anne Schofield AM
No. 89a Ms Anne Schofield AM
No. 90 Name suppressed
No. 91 Mr Kelan Raffo
No. 92 Mr Stephen Borg
No. 93 Professor David Philip Miller
No. 94 Dr Des Griffin
No. 95 Water Solutions
No. 96 Ms Irma Havlicek
No. 97 Mr Leslie Carter
No. 98 Mrs Marina Garlick
No. 99 Judith White
No. 100 Mr Ian Debenham OAM
No. 101 Mr Gary Carter
No. 102 Mr Peter Wotton
No. 103 Mr John Williams
No. 104 Ms Chloe Green
No. 105 Name suppressed
No. 106 Ms Kathy Elliott
No. 107 Miss Nicole Edwards
No. 108 Mr Hamish Thompson
No. 109 Mrs Yvonne Fessler
No. 110 Mr Peter Reid
No. 111 Mr Neil Joseph
No. 112 Mrs Kirsten Garrett
No. 113 Mrs Janice Westlake
No. 114 Name suppressed
No. 115 Name suppressed
No. 116 Ms Carolyn Diamond
No. 117 Mr Craig Lyons
No. 118 Mr Tom Lockley
No. 118a Mr Tom Lockley
No. 119 Mr Andrew Grant
No. 119a Mr Andrew Grant
No. 119b Mr Andrew Grant
No. 119c Mr Andrew Grant
No. 119d Mr Andrew Grant
No. 120 Ms Louise Douglas
No. 121 Ms Jane Maber
No. 122 Ms Sandra McEwen
No. 123 Name suppressed
No. 124 Name suppressed
No. 125 Mr Colin Macgregor
No. 126 Name suppressed
No. 127 Name suppressed
No. 128 Mr Roy Antaw
No. 129 Saving Sydneys Trees
No. 130 Name suppressed
No. 131 Name suppressed
No. 132 Name suppressed
No. 133 Ms Susan Wittenoom
No. 134 Dr Andrew Simpson
No. 134a Dr Andrew Simpson
No. 135 North Parramatta Residents’ Action Group
No. 135a North Parramatta Residents’ Action Group
No. 135b North Parramatta Residents’ Action Group
No. 135c North Parramatta Residents’ Action Group
No. 135d North Parramatta Residents’ Action Group
No. 136 Confidential
No. 137 Ms Kylie Winkworth
No. 137a Ms Kylie Winkworth	Attachments
No. 137b Ms Kylie Winkworth	Attachments
No. 137c Ms Kylie Winkworth	Attachments
No. 138 Dr Nicholas G Pappas AM
No. 139 Australia International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
No. 140 Mr Keith Baker
No. 141 Newcomen, The International Society for the History of Engineering and Technology
No. 142 NSW Government
No. 143 The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage
No. 144 Sydney Tramway Museum
No. 145 Ms Laraine Sutherland
No. 146 Community Action for Windsor Bridge
No. 147 Mr Simon Beck
No. 148 Engineers Australia, Engineering Heritage Australia
No. 149 Confidential
No. 149a Mr James Colman
No. 150 Mr Paul Chapman
No. 151 Mr Greg Roberts OAM

Date	Venue Details
29/07/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
21/08/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
02/09/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
08/10/2020	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
15/02/2021	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
17/03/2022	Jubilee Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government's management of Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales	2022-12-21
21/12/2022	Government response - Report No. 1 - Government's management of Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales	21/12/2022
30/09/2022	Report No. 1 - Government's management of Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales	30/09/2022	Due 30/12/2022

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2022-09-30	30/09/2022	Media Release	Upper House committee hands down findings on $1.34 billion Powerhouse project
2022-05-03	03/05/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Troy Wright, Assistant General Secretary, Public Service Association
2022-04-27	27/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Greg Rogencamp, Associate Principal, Surface Water Engineering Leader, ARUP
2022-04-14	14/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Hon Ben Franklin MLC, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for the Arts, and Minister for Regional Youth
2022-04-14	14/04/2022	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Lisa Havilah, Chief Executive, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences and Hon Peter Collins AM QC, President, Board of Trustees, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
2022-03-17	17/03/2022	Tabled Document	Photographs of flood debris at Parramatta, March 2022 - tabled by Ms Suzette Meade, North Parramatta Residents Action Group
2022-03-17	17/03/2022	Tabled Document	City of Parramatta, Submission to the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment, dated 2 July 2020 - tabled by Cr Donna Davis, Lord Mayor, City of Parramatta
2022-03-17	17/03/2022	Tabled Document	Letter from City of Parramatta, to the Department of Planning and Environment, dated 1 March 2022 - tabled by Cr Donna Davis, Lord Mayor, City of Parramatta
2022-03-17	17/03/2022	Tabled Document	Figure 16: Parramatta River peak flood levels - page 5, Powerhouse Museum Alliance, Flood Risk Review, Molino Stewart - tabled by Mr David Shoebridge MLC
2022-03-15	15/03/2022	Media Release	Powerhouse Museum project still under scrutiny
2022-03-15	15/03/2022	Correspondence	Letter from the Dharug Strategic Management Group Ltd
2021-04-12	12/04/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Kate Foy, Deputy Secretary, Community Engagement, Department of Premier and Cabinet
2021-03-30	30/03/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Lisa Havilah, Chief Executive, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences and Hon Peter Collins AM QC, President, Board of Trustees, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
2021-03-22	22/03/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Cr Donna Davis, private citizen
2021-03-19	19/03/2021	Answers to Questions on Notice	Hon Don Harwin MLC, Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs and the Arts and Mr Simon Draper, Chief Executive Officer, Infrastructure NSW
2021-02-10	10/02/2021	Media Release	Fifth public hearing on Monday 15 February 2021
2020-11-04	04/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Kate Foy, Deputy Secretary, Community Engagement, Department of Premier and Cabinet; Mr Tim Smith AO, Director, Heritage Operations, Heritage NSW, Department of Premier and Cabinet
2020-11-03	03/11/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Lisa Havilah, Chief Executive, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
2020-10-08	08/10/2020	Tendered Document	Dharug Strategic Management Group Ltd, 'Submission to the NSW Parliamentary Select Committee on the Government's management of the Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in NSW', Opening Statement and Further Comments, dated 8 October 2020 - tendered by Professor Richie Howitt, Director and Finance Officer, Dharug Strategic Management Group
2020-10-08	08/10/2020	Tendered Document	'Submission from Dharug Strategic Management Group Ltd, State Significant Development: Powerhouse Parramatta, Environmental Impact Statement' - tendered by Professor Richie Howitt, Director and Finance Officer, Dharug Strategic Management Group
2020-10-06	06/10/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Kate Foy, Deputy Secretary, Community Engagement, Department of Premier and Cabinet; Ms Annette Pitman, Head of Create Infrastructure, Create NSW, Department of Premier and Cabinet
2020-10-06	06/10/2020	Media Release	Fourth hearing on Thursday 8 October 2020
2020-09-28	28/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Renzo Bendet, President and Secretary, Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum
2020-09-23	23/09/2020	Media Release	Select Committee to visit historic Willow Grove and the Harwood Building
2020-09-23	23/09/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Cr Linda Scott, President, Local Government NSW
2020-09-02	02/09/2020	Tendered Document	Firearms in Museums, Changes to NSW Firearms Regulation Targets Museums, tendered by Mr Renzo Benedet, President and Secretary, Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum
2020-09-02	02/09/2020	Tendered Document	Firearms in Museums, New Amendment to NSW Firearms Regulation Misses an Opportunity for Positive Change, tendered by Mr Renzo Benedet, President and Secretary, Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum
2020-09-02	02/09/2020	Tendered Document	Firearms in Museums, Role of Museums In Public Policy, tendered by Mr Renzo Benedet, President and Secretary, Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum
2020-09-02	02/09/2020	Tendered Document	Images to accompany presentation, tendered by Mr James Colman, private citizen
2020-09-02	02/09/2020	Tendered Document	Items from reports prepared by Edward Higginbotham and Associates P/L, consultants in archaeology, history and heritage, tendered by Mr James Colman, private citizen
2020-08-31	31/08/2020	Media Release	Third public hearing
2020-08-28	28/08/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Troy Wright, Assistant General Secretary, Public Service Association of NSW
2020-08-27	27/08/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	International Council of Museums (ICOM) Australia
2020-08-27	27/08/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Ms Judith Coombes, President, Australian Museum and Galleries Association (NSW Division)
2020-08-27	27/08/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	The Hon Don Harwin MLC, Minister for the Public Service and Employee Relations, Aboriginal Affairs and the Arts; Ms Kate Foy, Deputy Secretary, Community Engagement, Department of Premier and Cabinet; Ms Lisa Havilah, Chief Executive, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences
2020-08-21	21/08/2020	Tendered Document	Letter from The Hon Gladys Berejiklian MP, Member for Willoughby, NSW Premier, to an individual, responding to their letter regarding the Powerhouse Museums at Ultimo and Parramatta, tendered by Mr Andrew Grant, private citizen
2020-08-21	21/08/2020	Tendered Document	Australia ICOMOS 2019 Sydney Talk Series Number 6, Tuesday 1st October 2019; Policy, Power and the Cultural and Heritage Values of the Powerhouse Museum; Kylie Winkworth and Jennifer Sanders, Powerhouse Museum Alliance, tendered by Ms Jennifer Sanders, Representative, Powerhouse Museum Alliance
2020-08-21	21/08/2020	Tendered Document	Powerhouse Museum Awards: 1988-2008. Website extraction, Migration Heritage Centre, New South Wales: Awards, tendered by Ms Jennifer Sanders, Representative, Powerhouse Museum Alliance
2020-08-21	21/08/2020	Tendered Document	Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences: list of collections, number of individual items and highlights, tendered by Ms Jennifer Sanders, Representative, Powerhouse Museum Alliance
2020-08-19	19/08/2020	Media Release	Second public hearing
2020-08-14	14/08/2020	Answers to Questions on Notice	Mr Brett Newman, Chief Executive Officer, City of Parramatta; Ms Jennifer Concato, Executive Director, City Planning and Design, City of Parramatta
2020-06-11	11/06/2020	Other	Online questionnaire report
2020-05-04	04/05/2020	Media Release	Extension of submissions
2020-03-23	23/03/2020	Media Release	Establishment of inquiry

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