A throng of political and media representatives converged beside the poppet head of the Central Deborah Mine in Bendigo on Friday 31 January for the announcement of a significant development in the Goldfields region’s bid for World Heritage Listing. Federal Minister for the Environment and Water the Hon Tanya Plibersek joined Premier of Victoria and Member for Bendigo East Jacinta Allan and local leaders to confirm the Australian Government has given its approval for the nomination by adding the bid to its World Heritage ‘Tentative List’.

The announcement effectively means that the federal government has rubber-s