Blue Shield Australia has made a submission to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts Peter Garrett’s consultation to develop a National Cultural Policy.
Blue Shield Australia’s submission emphasises that a new National Cultural Policy for Australia should:
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acknowledge the importance of preserving cultural heritage, and the vital role that tangible and intangible cultural heritage plays in Australia and abroad; and
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outline broad principles asserting the importance of appropriately protecting and recovering cultural heritage in times of emergency and disaster.
The submission advises that these principles should guide emergency preparedness and response in Australia, and should inform the training and procedures of military and civilian Australians internationally, in humanitarian and conflict environments. It states that a strong commitment to the preservation of cultural heritage in the National Cultural Policy will result in improvements in emergency preparedness and response.
Click HERE to read the Blue Shield Australia submission to the 2010-2011 Federal Budget.
Click HERE to read more about the National Cultural Policy consultation.