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visiting and handling the significant building fabric of the AWM.                          Within two–three years
 6.1.3 Provide regular information sessions for staff on the heritage values of the place and their management through the HMP.   Annually
 6.2 Continue to foster and promote research on the heritage values of the AWM.                                                   6.2.1 Continue to undertake and foster research into the heritage values of the AWM, as a basis for refining future understanding and management for the benefit of the national community.   Within two–three years
 6.3 Continue to develop disaster preparedness plans and procedures.                                                              6.3.1 Review disaster preparedness plans to ensure the heritage values of the AWM are considered and integrated into emergency procedures.                                                    Immediately

      6.2.7  Policy 7: Use, Access and Security

 Policies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Actions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Timing
 7.1 Use the place for the purposes set out in the Australian War Memorial Act 1980.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   7.1.1 Continue the existing use of the place as a national memorial relating to Australia's involvement in war, incorporating a commemorative function, a display of important objects and their wider interpretation, a collection of records, associated research and conservation facilities, and staff and visitor facilities.   Immediately
 7.1.2 Any proposed change of use of the main Memorial building and its surrounding landscape must be assessed for its potential to impact upon the heritage values of the place.                                                                                                                                                      As required
 7.1.3 Any proposed changes of use of the Administration Building, CEW Bean Building and Poppy's café must be assessed for their potential to impact upon the heritage values of the AWM.                                                                                                                                              As required
 7.2 Conserve, manage and interpret the function, use and related cultural meanings of the AWM and its significant elements.                                                                                                                                                                                                           7.2.1 Retain the core function and ongoing use of significant components of the site, such as the Commemorative Area, galleries and the AWM landscape.                                                                                                                                                                               Ongoing
 7.2.2 Conserve and manage the symbolic arrival into the main Memorial building, and the Commemorative Area through the main entry, and the experience of the grand vista of Griffin's land axis on arrival and departure. Retain the visitor experience created through the use of this as the major access point for the Memorial.   As required
 7.3 Continue to provide free public access to the collection, records, Commemorative Area, Galleries and surrounding landscape.                                                                                                                                                                                                       7.3.1 Free, public and equitable access to the place and the collection must be maintained as integral to the conservation of the heritage values of the place.                                                                                                                                                                      Immediately
 7.3.2 Ensure disabled access is maintained where possible, without adversely impacting the heritage values of the Commemorative Area.                                                                                                                                                                                                 As required
 7.3.3 Encourage pedestrian and public transport access to the AWM.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Within two–three years

 Policies                                                                                                                            Actions                                                                                                                                             Timing
                                                                                                                                     7.3.4 Continue to undertake public tours of the AWM, including the Commemorative Area, in addition to those within formal exhibitions.              Immediately
 7.4