Managing Aboriginal sites and places
Roads and Maritime Services protects Aboriginal heritage and manage impacts that may arise from development. It is managed in accordance with the RMS Procedure for Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Consultation and Investigation (PACHCI). This sets out a four step due diligence and consultation process that is applied to all projects, regardless of scale or size.
The PACHCI ensures that Roads and Maritime meets its legislative responsibilities in a timely, practical and culturally sensitive manner.
This process ensures that the views of Aboriginal people regarding their cultural heritage matters are considered and respected during project development and implementation.
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal items that been found during the course of work are reported using the Roads and Maritime Services Unexpected Finds procedure.