Submissions and Statements

The AICCM advocates on behalf of the cultural preservation sector through the following activities:

• Respond to relevant parliamentary enquiries

• Develop policies and declarations

• Liaise with allied cultural heritage and GLAM sector with allied cultural heritage and GLAM sector organisations to advocate

Describing the change that you seek is one of the cornerstones of effective advocacy and over the past decade the AICCM has prepared statements and submissions and established several committees to help guide advocacy work in targeted areas. AICCM has made the following statements and submissions on issues affecting Australian conservation and cultural heritage.

4 October 2023

Resolution in support of the Uluṟu Statement from the Heart and the Voice to Parliament

Adopted by the membership at AICCM’s 50th Annual General Meeting, 4 October 2023

AICCM is proud to support the Uluṟu Statement from the Heart and the Voice to Parliament, advocating for constitutional recognition of First Nations peoples and the creation of a meaningful platform for their voices to shape policies that impact their communities. Our support reflects AICCM’s key mission to advance cultural heritage conservation, through participatory, respectful, accountable and adaptable practice.

Read the statement here [PDF – 223 KB]

27 April 2023

AICCM Submission to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO)

Read the submission here [PDF – 22 KB]

22 August 2022

In August 2022 the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) made a submission to the Arts Office in the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts on the development of a new National Cultural Policy.

Read the submission here [PDF – 238 KB]

13 November 2020

Statement by the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material on the felling of the Djab Wurrung ‘Directions’ Tree

Read the AICCM statement here [PDF – 122 KB]

31 July 2020

This is a submission by the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM) to the Joint Standing Committee on Northern Australia on the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Read the AICCM submission here [PDF – 173 KB]

9 June 2020

Statement by the AICCM on the destruction of the Pilbara Caves.

Read the statement here. [PDF – 86 KB]

Read the press release here [PDF – 141 KB]

28 May 2020

Submission to the Select Committee on COVID-19 by the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material.

Read the submission here. [PDF – 158 KB]

17 May 2020

Submission to the inquiry into the Government’s management of the Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales.

Read the submission here. [PDF – 872 KB]

28 April 2020

Submission into the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements.

Read the submission here [PDF – 137 KB]

Find out more about the Royal Commission here.

2019

Letter to the Hon Paul Fletcher MP, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts.

Read the letter here. [PDF – 223 KB]

Response from the Department of Communication and the Arts.

Read the letter here. [PDF – 76 KB]

2018

Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories inquiry into Canberra’s national institutions, Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material.

Read AICCM’s submission here. [PDF – 98 KB] Find out more about the Inquiry here.

2015

AICCM response to the delisting of Burrup Peninsula ancient rock art site from state heritage register.

Read AICCM’s submission here. [PDF – 401 KB]

2014

AICCM response to ‘Green Army Response’

Read AICCM’s submission here. [PDF – 160 KB]

2013

Submission to The Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications’ Enquiry into recent trends in and preparedness for extreme weather events. Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM), Victorian Division.

Read the submission here. [PDF – 245 KB]

2012

Submission to the Australian Heritage Strategy – public consultation paper. The feedback received in response to the paper will help to inform the development of the Australian Heritage Strategy

Read the submission here. [PDF – 565 KB]

Read the Australian Heritage Strategy here

2011

AICCM response to National Cultural Policy Discussion Paper

Read the submission here. [PDF – 56 KB]

1995

AICCM contributed to the National Conservation and Preservation Policy for Movable Cultural Heritage Policy developed by the Heritage Collections Committee and its Conservation Working Party which were established under the auspices of the Cultural Ministers Council in 1995.

Read the Policy here. [PDF – 1.8MB]

Read the National Conservation Program Summary August 1995 here. [PDF – 6.2MB]