Ms ROSOL – Thank you. Minister, I come from Bass. In my electorate, there’s the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, which has an impressive collection which, I believe, is one of the largest in Australia. They’re doing a lot of work on strategy and planning so they can be the best regional gallery in the country.
However, being in Launceston, they’re not far from kanamaluka and they sit on a flood plain where there’s a risk of floods. We know that with climate change and the increasing frequency of floods the risk of flooding at QVMAG is very high and increasing in terms of climate projections. That could potentially knock out some of the collections there and cause damage to them. Are you aware of that risk, does it concern you, and are you engaged in seeking to find a solution for that risk for the collections?
Ms OGILVIE – I recently had the great honour of visiting QVMAG and meeting the senior leadership team, and what a marvellous experience it was. The work that’s going into the strategic, the thought leadership about what QVMAG can and should be going forward is phenomenal. There are lessons we could learn here from that work, which was presented with some beautiful documents that were very intelligently designed. I wasn’t specifically aware about the floodplain issue. QVMAG is a joint venture with the council. We put some money into it as well. I am concerned if there is an issue around potential impacts to holdings. It would be something I expect the senior management of QVMAG to be across. I encourage them to reach out to me if there is something I can do. I was not aware that was a major problem, but it may well be.
Ms ROSOL – My understanding is that they’ve got some solid plans for shifting that solution. Would you support those solutions?
Ms OGILVIE – Storage solutions, are you suggesting?
Ms ROSOL -Yes, so would you support –
CHAIR – Sorry, I appreciate we need to go back and forth about getting clarification but, for Hansard, can we try to have one person speak at a time, please?
Ms OGILVIE – Certainly. I’m always happy to help any arts organisation think through what needs to be thought through as to what that would look like. I would lean on the department for that engagement. Maybe they’re already aware of this issue. If not, we can engage.
Ms ROSOL – Great, thank you.
