Northern Territory Govermett to urge Federal Government not to close National Archives


Date: Friday, 11 December 2009 Time: 07:51
Duration:1 Min 0 Sec/s
Station:ABC Darwin Programme:News Station CallSign: 8DDD
Newsreader/Compere: Danielle Parry
Interviewee: No Interviews
Summary:

The NT Govt has made a submission to the Fed Govt to stop the National Archives from closing down. The Govt says the NT Arts Minister has
written to the Federal Minister responsible, asking the closure not go ahead.


7.45AM ABC RADIO NEWS 11/12/09

* The Northern Territory Government says it's made a submission to the Federal Government to stop the National Archives office in Darwin from closing. The National Archives is set to shut its Darwin office in Milner next year and six jobs will be lost. The Government says the Territory's Arts Minister has written to the federal minister responsible asking that the closure not go ahead. Pearl Ogden is a Darwin based historian.

OGDEN: We will lose our history and we will lose our heritage. We will lose everything because it's not only 1911 to 1978, there is some
earlier material going back to the turn of the century and there is a little bit of material after 78 that will go to Canberra or it'll be
split up and it'll end up in Sydney and Canberra and perhaps Brisbane.

9.00AM ABC RADIO NEWS 11/12/09

* The Northern Territory Opposition is calling on the Henderson Government to do more to stop the Territory's National Archive service from closing its Darwin office. The building in Milner is set to close in September next year, six jobs will be lost and many collections will be moved interstate. The Opposition's Arts spokesman Ross Bohlin says the Chief Minister needs to speak up.

BOHLIN: Mr Henderson wake up, respect the Territory people and all the researchers that we have here that love to share with other public
people the knowledge that they find out and leave this centre here. Tell Labor in Canberra to go away.

A statement from the Government says it's made submissions to the Federal Minister responsible for the Archives, Joe Ludwig, to keep the
Darwin office open.



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