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must not exceed 10,034 [square] metres.

4.4                    Stakeholders
At a general level, stakeholders as related to West Block fall into two categories: statutory and/or services authorities responsible for ensuring the appropriate management of the asset, and individuals or groups with a particular interest in the place.
There are a range of stakeholders with an interest in and concern for West Block including the following:
      * Department of the Environment and Energy
      * National Capital Authority
      * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
      * Associations and special interest groups including but not limited to:
      >         the Walter Burley Griffin Society (WBGS)
      >         National Trust of Australia, ACT (NT)
      >         Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA)
      >         Australian Institute of Architects (AIA)
      >         The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
      * General public

4.4.1               Department of the Environment and Energy
The Department of Environment and Energy is concerned with the protection and conservation of the identified Commonwealth Heritage values of West Block.

4.4.2               National Capital Authority
The management of The Parliamentary Zone, including West Block, is on designated land.  As such, the NCA is responsible for works approvals for all building and landscape works at the site.  The NCA is also committed to promoting an understanding and appreciation Canberra as the National Capital.

4.4.3               Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Consultation with Representative Aboriginal Organisations (RAO) was undertaken on site at West Block in December 2013 (see Section 1.7).  At that time, the consensus of attendees at the site walk and meeting considered that, 'there were no concerns regarding Aboriginal cultural heritage for the area.'[118]   It was, however, agreed that the use of the area occupied by West Block as a pathway between Black Mountain and Mount Kurrajong (New Parliament House) should be acknowledged.  This issue is addressed at Policy 23 'Interpretation' in Chapter 5.

4.4.4               Associations and special interest groups
A number of professional associations/groups have an interest in West Block, both in its own right and as part of the Parliament House Secretariat group.  These include associations/groups whose principal areas of interest relate to heritage, landscape design or architecture, consistent with the heritage significance of West Block and its setting.
It can be anticipated that the WBGS would be concerned with issues related to the legibility of the Griffin Plan for Canberra associated with any proposal for change or works at West Block; the NT and AIA are likely to have a particular interest in the formal architectural qualities and characteristics of West Block itself; while AILA will have regard for the management of the landscape setting.
In 2018, the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (England) presented a sculpture of Winston Churchill to Geocon on permanent loan, in commemoration of Prime Minister Churchill's