About the Council
Established under the Queensland Heritage Act 1992, the Queensland Heritage Council is required to act independently, impartially and in the public interest to identify and protect places that have special heritage value to the community and future generations.
The Queensland Heritage Council’s most public role is deciding what is entered in and removed from the Queensland Heritage Register.
The Heritage Council also:
- provide strategic advice to the government about cultural heritage matters
- provide information to the community to encourage an understanding of Queensland’s cultural heritage
- encourage appropriate management of places of cultural heritage significance
- advocate on behalf of owners of heritage places
- assess applications for development of state-owned heritage places.
The Queensland Heritage Council meets at least six times a year.
The Department of Environment, Science and Innovation provides administrative and secretarial support to the Queensland Heritage Council.
You can contact the Queensland Heritage Council by emailing heritage.council@des.qld.gov.au.
Code of Conduct
The Heritage Council’s Code of Conduct helps its members and those on its committees to make sound decisions, addressing the issues that relate specifically to the work of the Council.
The code is based on the ethical principles and values contained in the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994:
- integrity and impartiality
- promoting the public good
- commitment to the system of government
- accountability and transparency.
The code explains how to put these principles and values into practice. It was developed in consultation with Heritage Council members and related entities like those organisations represented on the Council.
Read the Queensland Heritage Council Code of Conduct .