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manage the heritage values of sites in their control. The legislation defines heritage principles that agencies must follow and directs agencies to create documents for guiding their care of heritage places, including this Heritage Management Plan.

   This Heritage Management Plan (HMP) acts as a practical guide for conserving, managing and interpreting the site's heritage. It begins by describing the AWM in detail: its history, its features and its heritage values. It discusses factors that need to be considered when managing the site, such as its statutory context and compliance requirements. The final sections of the plan provide conservation policies for the place's managers and staff to follow. The report includes a collection of appendices that give further guidance and detailed information for asset managers and curators alike.

   To conserve the AWM's heritage values, the heritage legislation, a range of organisations and the general public, other management documents, logistics, forward planning and changing cultural attitudes need to be considered. This HMP acknowledges the significant obligations they place on the site's managers and emphasises the need for community involvement and great care in any future development of the AWM.

   Mindful of these issues, this plan provides useful policies to guide the Memorial to care for the site's heritage values from day to day. Section 6.2 outlines general policies for the whole site and Section 6.3 focuses on individual parts in more detail. The policies cover conservation processes; management processes; stakeholder consultation and community involvement; interpretation; documentation, monitoring and review; and use, access and security. Recommended actions and timing for implementation are provided for each policy.

 To put these policies into practice, the Memorial will formally adopt this HMP. Specific policies and actions will need to be implemented by the head of Buildings and Services and other sections will have roles to play as well.

 The HMP offers various tools to guide policy implementation. Along with the recommended actions mentioned above these tools include an outline of a decision-making process and a works assessment for to help assess the heritage impacts of proposed actions at the site (provided as Appendices A and B).

 This HMP relates to the AWM at the time of drafting (September 2018—June 2021). The information and policies in this document therefore reflect the status and condition of the AWM at this time. As the AWM undergoes changes associated with scheduled upcoming development, this program of works will be managed in accordance with the conditions of the project's regulatory approvals and this HMP, where applicable. Updates to the topics in this HMP which reflect the outcomes of the development project will be implemented in the next version of the HMP.

 The HMP confirms that the following key principles are essential