ANZAC COVE: Motion

16 March 2005

Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler) (12.55 p.m.) —I move:

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member

for Grayndler from moving the following motion forthwith: That the Government

(1)immediately table all documents in its possession related to excavation

work at Anzac Cove, including any archaeological reports done since 2002, all

heritage assessments of Anzac Cove done since 2002, and all correspondence with

the Turkish Government since 2002 relating to the current road works and

associated constructions at Anzac Cove;

(2)outline in detail what measures the Government has taken to monitor the

current road works and associated constructions at Anzac Cove;

(3)provide details of any plans for road widening elsewhere on Gallipoli

peninsula, such as the road running between the Australian Memorial at Lone Pine

and the New Zealand Memorial at Chunuk Bair; and

(4)immediately table all Australian Heritage Commission, Australian Heritage

Council and Department of Veterans Affairs documents relating to the proposed

listing of Anzac Cove on the National Heritage List or the proposed World

Heritage Listing of any sites on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Anzac Cove is a sacred site. It is much more than a heritage site and it has

been left vulnerable by the complacency of the Howard government.

You do not protect a heritage site by undermining the basis of it. What has occurred here is an absolute fiasco.