A planned restructure of the South Australian Museum has been put on hold by the state government, amid protests and concerns about its future direction.
The state government has put the restructure of the South Australian Museum on hold, launching a review into the proposed changes.
The ABC can now reveal that Premier Peter Malinauskas has intervened in the matter and will hold a review to “ensure the museum continues to deliver quality outcomes for all South Australians”.constructive meetings" between the government and interested parties, and will see a three-person panel consult with key stakeholders to make recommendations as early as June.
But museum management insists the changes will work to promote ongoing research, and make the collection more accessible to the public and other academics.Concerns were also raised about the museum's ongoing projects, including a program to repatriate Indigenous ancestral remains."The people that's very fearful of their job now, they had a big role in seeing happen. They had a role in every part of this," he said.
But Adelaide Lord Mayor Jane Lomax-Smith, a former museum board chair, has criticised the state government and previous state governments for the handling of the South Australian Museum's budget. Australia shouldn't tolerate terrorism — but our normalisation of 'intimate partner terrorism' has become a national emergency
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