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Heritage Strategy 2018-20 Airservices Heritage Strategy 2018-2020 document no. C-STRAT0005 Cover figure Air traffic controllers at Essendon ATC tower, 1956 (Source: Airways Museum, Essendon) 3 Statement from the Chief Executive Officer The aviation industry has a long and proud history in Australia. For more than a century, it has played a key role in connecting our vast continent and supporting the economic weight of our primary industries. Today, it is a proud reflection of the heritage of our cities and outback communities, and our national love of travel and adventure. Since 1995, Airservices Australia has served the aviation industry through times of enormous change. Today, we manage an asset portfolio valued at more than In addition to outlining how we will meet $1 billion, to deliver our services from two our heritage obligations, this strategy also major air traffic services centres in Melbourne provides clear guidance to our managers and Brisbane, two terminal control units, 29 air and staff on how to ensure that Airservices traffic control towers, and aviation rescue fire heritage assets are recognised and valued. fighting stations at 26 of the nation’s airports. As we move towards celebrating the The aim of this strategy is to outline how we centenary of Australian aviation in 2020, will manage our assets with known heritage Airservices recognises the role it has to play values and ensure that potential heritage in conserving the rich heritage of the industry values of other assets are assessed. we serve. This is particularly relevant as we One of the key objectives in the first year of prepare for a very different aviation future this strategy is the completion of heritage through world-leading initiatives such as management plans for six of our iconic air the OneSKY program to harmonise civil and traffic control towers at Bankstown, Essendon, military airspace. Hobart, Launceston, Parafield and Sydney Our assets provide a tangible touchpoint airports. These towers are included on the to the past. Airservices is committed to Commonwealth Heritage List, with each achieving sustainable heritage outcomes capturing one or more key milestones of air on behalf of the aviation industry, and I am traffic control in Australia over the last confident we will deliver those outcomes. 100 years. Jason Harfield Chief Executive Officer En route controllers, Tullamarine Airport, 1970s (Source: Civil Aviation Historical Society, CAHS (top and bottom) 5 Contents Table of abbreviation and acronyms 7 1.0 INTRODUCTION 9 2.0 CORPORATE FRAMEWORK AND GENERAL MATTERS 10 2.1 Objective 10 2.2 Matters to be included in a Heritage Strategy 10 2.3 Operation of the Heritage Strategy 11 2.4 Key positions responsible for heritage matters 11 2.5 Consultation regarding heritage matters 14 2.6 Conflict resolution 18 3.0 IDENTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF COMMONWEALTH HERITAGE VALUES 21 3.1 Identification and assessment of Commonwealth Heritage Values 22 3.2 Future studies 23 4.0 MANAGEMENT OF COMMONWEALTH HERITAGE VALUES 27 4.1 Heritage places register 22 4.2 Heritage management plans (HMPs) 23 4.3 Use of places with Commonwealth Heritage values 35 4.4 Future management of Commonwealth Heritage values 36 4.5 Budgeting for maintenance and conservation of heritage values 38 4.6 Monitoring and review 39 5.0 TRAINING AND PROMOTION 40 5.1 Staff training 40 5.2 Community awareness 41 REFERENCES 43 APPENDIX 45 APPENDIX A Environmental Policy 47 7 Table of abbreviation and acronyms Abbreviation/acronym Full name/title Airports Act Airports Act 1996 Airservices Airservices Australia ANS Air Navigation Services ARFFS Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Services ATC Air Traffic Control Burra Charter Burra Charter: The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance, 2013 CAHS Civil Aviation Historical Society CASA Civil Aviation Safety Authority CEO Chief Executive Officer CHL Commonwealth Heritage List CIRRIS Airservices Corporate Integrated Reporting and Risk Information System database CSE Customer Service Enhancement DCA Department of Civil Aviation DHA Detailed Heritage Assessment DME Distance Measuring Equipment DoEE Department of the Environment and Energy EGM Executive General Manager EMS Environmental Management System EPBC Act Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 1 2 3 Figure 1 En route controller, location not known, 1950s (Source: Civil Aviation Historical Society) Figure 2 Air Traffic controllers, location not known, 1950s (Source: Civil Aviation Historical Society) 4 Figure 3 Essendon Air Traffic Control Tower interior, 1960s (Source: Civil Aviation Historical Society) Figure 4 Avalon ARFFS Fire Station, 1970 (Source: Alan Jones, Avalon) 5 Figure 5 Doppler VOR, Wynyard (Burnie) Airport (Source: Airservices Australia) 8 Abbreviation/acronym Full name/title EPBC Regulations Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 ESA Environmental Systems and Assurance HMP Heritage Management Plan ICOMOS International Council on Monuments and Sites IHA Interim Heritage Assessment ILS Instrument Landing System MLS Microwave Landing System NDB Non-Directional Beacon S&A Safety and Assurance VAR Visual Aural Range VHF Very High Frequency VOR Very High Frequency Omni-Directional Radio Range 9 1.0 Introduction Airservices Australia (Airservices) is a government-owned organisation (Commonwealth statutory authority) that provides telecommunications, aeronautical data, air navigation and aviation rescue and firefighting services to the aviation industry. Airservices objectives are to enable the safe, secure, efficient and environmentally-responsible operation of the industry. Airservices operations are governed by the Air Services Act 1995, and other relevant Commonwealth legislation. In the delivery of its services, Airservices owns and/or manages over 1,000 buildings and places across Australia. A number of these places, including air traffic control towers, fire stations and navigational aids (navaids), have been assessed as having (or potentially having) Commonwealth Heritage values (see Figure 1 and Figure 2). Airservices first Heritage Strategy was prepared in 2010, in accordance with Section 341ZA of the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and Schedule 7C of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000 (EPBC Regulations). As required under the EPBC Act and its Regulations, the strategy must be updated every three years. This Heritage Strategy (2018-2020) updates the 2014-2017 document, and includes: 。 reference to Airservices new corporate structure; 。 a review of Airservices heritage assessment programmes, and associated timeframes, and 。 strategies for the management of Airservices heritage assets. The format of this Heritage Strategy has been modified to provide a concise and accessible document for Airservices staff, external stakeholders and the broader community. Each section of the document provides an overview of the specific requirements outlined in the EPBC Regulations, and where relevant, strategies for implementation during the 2018-2020 period. This Strategy has been prepared in accordance with Preparing a Heritage Strategy: A guide for Commonwealth agencies (Commonwealth Department for the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, 2010). 10 2.0 Corporate Framework and General Matters Airservices commitment to identifying, managing and protecting Commonwealth Heritage values and Commonwealth Heritage places is incorporated into the agency’s corporate governance through its Environmental Management System (EMS). The EMS is aligned to the international standard on environment management – AS/NZS ISO 14001:2015. The protection of the environment, which includes heritage, is an important function of Airservices activities. This is reflected in theAir Services Act 1995, the organisation’s strategic priorities and in its environmental policy and environmental strategy. 2.1 Objective Airservices, as a Commonwealth agency, recognises its responsibility to identify, manage, protect and promote the Commonwealth Heritage values of the places under its ownership and control, consistent with best practice in conservation and environmental management. 2.2 Matters to be included in a Heritage Strategy The following extract from the EPBC Regulations (Schedule 7C) sets out the general matters that must be included in a Heritage Strategy: a a statement of the agency’s objective for management of its heritage places; b a description of how the heritage strategy operates within the agency’s corporate planning framework; c a list of key positions within the agency, the holders of which are responsible for heritage matters; d an outline of a process for consultation and liaison with other government agencies on heritage matters; e an outline of a process for consultation and liaison with the community on heritage matters, including, in particular, a process for consultation and liaison with Indigenous stakeholders on Indigenous heritage matters; f an outline of a process for resolution of conflict arising from the assessment and management of Commonwealth Heritage values; [and] g an outline of processes for monitoring, reviewing and reporting on the implementation of an agency’s heritage strategy. 11 2.3 Operation of the Heritage Strategy The Airservices Corporate Plan 2017–2022 identifies the key purpose of the agency as follows: 。 …to provide safe, secure, efficient and environmentally responsible air navigation and aviation