Two new appointments have been made to the advisory council to the National Archives of Australia.
Amanda Heyworth – already a sitting council member – has been appointed deputy chair. A company director with expertise in governance, strategy and innovation, Heyworth currently holds a chair position at the Centennial Park Cemetery Authority and is a non‑executive director at People First Bank and commissioner of the Essential Services Commission of South Australia.
Joseph Roach has been appointed a council member for a three-year term. Roach is the principal of Better Public Policy – which conducts research and advocacy across a range of public policy issues – and has previously held senior executive positions within the Department of Defence and the Department of Finance.
Established in 1913, the National Archives preserves documents that record historical events and makes them available to the public.
Meeting four times a year, council members advise the minister for arts and the NAA director-general on matters such as records disposal – how documents are handled and who else handles them across government departments – as well as determining who is granted special access to official records.
“The council plays a vital role advising us on how government records are collected and archived,” Minister for the Arts Tony Burke said.
Congratulating Heyworth and Roach on their appointments, Burke added: “I’m confident these appointees will bring a wealth of expertise to their new roles.”
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