30/1/2006

Dear Commissioner Neil Byron,

I am Stefan Zanghi and I write to make a suggestion regarding the current Heritage issue being considered by The Productivity Commission and I would guess also by all state and territorial governments and their individual city and suburban councils and again the entire indigenous communities. As time moves on for all and all things and also as we have entered the digital age, I think it reasonable to make use of the digital camera and the cd-rom to make present day recordings of any Heritage Building which is of interest so to may be captured for future use.

I assume each government authority would have at its disposal a natural museum, a migration museum, state library, universities and tafe colleges for those interested in history, architecture and design. I have not mentioned the primary and secondary schools in which the young are being informed regarding Australian Heritage amongst other subjects. The above centers could be repositories of the cd-roms which contain images of Heritage Buildings and other Heritage Items. These could be easily accessed by all especially  professionals, researchers, teachers, school children and government officials.
Once the issue is settled, listings need not be compelled.

Thank You and All The best.