A half a billion dollar expansion of the Australian War Memorial (AWM) has actually been called “inefficient” and “big-headed” by academics, designers, public servants and household of those eliminated in war at a public hearing in Canberra.
A Federal Parliamentary Committee started taking a look at the questionable plans the other day, which includes the demolition of Anzac Hall to give way for a much larger exhibition area at the War Memorial.
The committee spoke with stakeholders on the project, who are worried about the advancement strategies, the cost of the project, the lack of community assessment, and the proposal’s affect on the War Memorial’s heritage status.
Historian Dr David Stephens from the Australian National University spoke on behalf of the Heritage Guardians, a group of 82 people, who made a submission to the questions.
” This has been a slipshod and conceited workout in public administration, a deeply problematic procedure,” he said.
” The work, the Memorial advancement, is unneeded and has many objectionable functions.”
Strategies to demolish acclaimed Anzac Hall
At the heart of the “objectionable functions” is the redevelopment of Anzac Hall, whi