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QUEENSLAND MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT

2018–19

BOARD OF THE

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22 August 2019

The Honourable Leeanne Enoch MP Minister for Environment and the Great Barrier Reef Minister for Science and Minister for the Arts GPO BOX 5078 BRISBANE QLD 4001

Dear Minister

I am pleased to submit for presentation to the Parliament the Annual Report 2018–2019 and financial statements for the Board of the Queensland Museum.

I certify that this annual report complies with:

• the prescribed requirements of the Financial Accountability Act 2009 and the Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009, and

• the detailed requirements set out in the Annual report requirements for Queensland Government agencies.

A checklist outlining the annual reporting requirements can be found on page 78 of this annual report.

Yours sincerely

Professor Margaret Sheil AO

Chair

Board of the Queensland Museum

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2 INTRODUCTION

2 VISION2 MISSION2 PURPOSE

3 QUEENSLAND MUSEUM NETWORK

7 BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM

8 CHAIR’S OVERVIEW

9 CEO’S OVERVIEW

10 HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

12 WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANE13 AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND RECOGNITION

14 BACKGROUND

14 GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY15 STRATEGIC PLAN 2018–202215 OPERATIONAL PLAN 2018–201916 OPERATING ENVIRONMENT16 STRATEGIC RISKS16 STRATEGIC OPORTUNITIES

18 OUTCOMES

18 PERFORMANCE MEASURES20 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

31 GOVERNANCE

31 MANAGEMENT AND STRUCTURE35 BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM40 FINANCE, AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE41 QUEENSLAND MUSEUM ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (QMATSICC)42 QUEENSLAND MUSEUM FOUNDATION42 PUBLIC SECTOR ETHICS42 QUEENSLAND PUBLIC SERVICE VALUES43 RISK MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY44 INFORMATION SYSTEMS44 HUMAN RESOURCES45 WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY

46 OPEN DATA

49 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

49 SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE51 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS73 CERTIFICATE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS74 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

77 GLOSSARY

78 COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST

79 QMN PUBLICATIONS

CONTENTS

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VISIONThe vision of Queensland Museum (QM) is to be the premier museum in Australia, connecting real objects and contemporary research with communities, creating authentic and compelling experiences, and telling stories that inspire, enrich and empower. QM does this through its network of seven campuses and through outreach into Queensland communities.

MISSIONTo inspire generations of Queenslanders to discover, celebrate and value our distinctive natural and cultural environments.

PURPOSEA Queensland network of museums without borders that inspires curiosity to connect the past, make sense of the present and help navigate the future in our communities, classrooms and online.

INTRODUCTION

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QUEENSLAND MUSEUM NETWORK

Queensland Museum Network (QMN) is the keeping place for the State Collection of more than 1.2 million objects and specimens, valued at more than $546 million, and more than 14 million research collection items.

The Queensland Museum was founded in January 1862 by the Queensland Philosophical Society. QMN has grown considerably since then with the Museum coming under the responsibility of the State Government in 1871 and moving into its first purpose-built premises in 1879. Today, QMN is governed by the Board of the Queensland Museum (the Board) and includes:

• Queensland Museum (including SparkLab, Sciencentre) in the heart of Brisbane’s Cultural Centre at South Brisbane

• Cobb+Co Museum in Toowoomba

• Museum of Tropical Queensland in Townsville

• The Workshops Rail Museum in Ipswich

• Queensland Museum Collections, Research and Loans Centre at Hendra, Brisbane

• Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying in Brisbane

• Earth Sciences Museum, The University of Queensland in Brisbane.

Over the years QMN has changed with Queensland as it discovers, documents, and celebrates the state’s natural, cultural and scientific diversity. With respected scientific and cultural research, significant and varied collections, and community outreach services, QMN continues to offer Queensland’s residents and visitors enriching cultural, social and intellectual experiences.

QMN reaches far beyond the walls of its museums, connecting with millions of people through museum experiences, events, workshops, talks and lectures, school education kits, publications, online resources. Regional support across the state is enabled via our Museum Development Officer Network and World Science Festival programming. We continually strive to be a cultural and scientific leader by successfully harnessing the support of industry, governments and communities.

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QUEENSLAND MUSEUM South Brisbane | Opened 1986

Queensland Museum (QM) at South Bank is the Network’s flagship campus in the heart of Brisbane’s Cultural Centre. Permanent galleries include: the redeveloped SparkLab, Sciencentre; the new Anzac Legacy Gallery; the redeveloped Discovery Centre where visitors can interact with hundreds of objects, animals and fossils; the Lost Creatures gallery about Queensland dinosaurs and megafauna; and the Wild State gallery showcasing Queensland’s unique biodiversity. QM regularly hosts national and international touring exhibitions and offers a range of public and educational programs. QM houses a significant proportion of the State Collection as well as several research and conservation laboratories.

2018–19 HIGHLIGHTS:• We welcomed more than 2,218,689 visitors to

Queensland Museum

• World Science Festival Brisbane (WSFB) 2019 attracted 205,229 visitors in Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba, Chinchilla, Gladstone and Townsville.

• The British Museum exhibition Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives attracted 155,746 visitors and its ‘win a trip’ competition received 35,691 entries and Museum of Scotland’s Monkeys: A Primate Story received 86,882 visitors.

• Programming for all ages continued to delight visitors with our Night at the Museum and After Dark events, annual sleepover, Halloween event and National Science Week proving popular.

• The new interactive gallery, SparkLab, Sciencentre has received 121,290 visitors since opening on 17 September 2018 with 40 interactive exhibits, a science bar and Maker Space programs.

• Anzac Legacy Gallery opened in November 2018, giving Mephisto a permanent home.

• The Discovery Centre re-opened in March 2019 after undergoing major refurbishment.

• Memberships continued to grow, reaching more than 19,156 members across QMN.

• Our scientists described 176 new species and we published 120 peer-review research papers.

MUSEUM OF TROPICAL QUEENSLAND70–102 Flinders Street, Townsville | Opened 1987

Museum of Tropical Queensland (MTQ) explores the natural and cultural heritage of the state’s northern region, including the Great Barrier Reef and the rainforests of the Wet Tropics. The Museum houses an internationally important collection of Acropora corals and galleries including Colour: Secret Language of the Reef, Discover Tropical Queensland and the 18th century shipwreck, HMS Pandora.

2018–19 HIGHLIGHTS:• MTQ attracted 97,565 visitors in 2018–19, a 4 per cent

increase on last year.

• Dinosaur rEvolution: Secrets of Survival, on display from 2 June to 21 October 2018, attracted 48,734 visitors, including record visitation months of July 2018 with 15,549 visitors and August 2018 with 7,037 visitors.

• The Sciencentre gallery opened on 15 December 2018 as a new permanent exhibition featuring more than 20 interactive stations. Together with the Summer Days holiday program, the Sciencentre opening attracted 19,703 visitors, the best summer period since 2016-17.

• WSFB returned to Townsville on 8 and 9 March, attracting 3,241 visitors. This included a free entry Street Science community day with 1,857 people and two sold out shows featuring Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.

• MTQ’s internally developed exhibition Natural Curiosity: Discovering the secrets of Queensland’s greatest collections opened on Saturday 6 April, showcasing highlights from the QMN’s natural history collections and attracting 17,608 visitors in 2018–19.

• International Museum Day on 18 May 2019 was celebrated with a free entry day and attracted 1,102 visitors, a 95 per cent increase on 2018.

• Two displays were produced with external organisations: From Swords to Ploughshares with James Cook University from 4 January to 3 March 2019 and Hard labour for Sweet Fields: the history of sugar in the Ingham region with the Hinchinbrook City Council and the Halifax Museum from 18 March to 14 July 2019.

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THE WORKSHOPS RAIL MUSEUMNorth Street, North Ipswich | Opened 2002

The Workshops Rail Museum (TWRM), a multiple Queensland and Australian Tourism Award winner, is located in the regional city of Ipswich, the birthplace of rail in Queensland. It offers an interactive cultural heritage experience with hands-on exhibits that explore more than 150 years of rail history in Queensland. An outstanding feature of the Museum is the collection of heritage steam locomotives and industrial machinery.

2018–19 HIGHLIGHTS:• TWRM attracted 96,779 visitors in 2018–19, a 17 per cent

increase on last year and the best visitation year since 2011–12.

• Day out with Thomas attracted 22,817 visitors during the winter school holidays from 30 June to 15 July 2018, an increase of 6 per cent on the 2017 event.

• Ipswich welcomed WSFB back with a Street Science free community event day and a Science Nation quiz, both on Sunday 17 March, attracting 1,939 visitors; and a school program on Monday 18 March.

• The new Sciencentre exhibition opened on 6 April featuring more than 20 interactive stations and attracting 23,363 visitors during 2018–19.

• Temporary exhibitions hosted included: Shapeshifters: 3D Printing the World, developed by Australian Design Centre, from 19 May until 26 November 2018, with 50,569 visitors in 2018–19; Underworld: Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties from Sydney Living Museums, from 15 September 2018 to 24 February 2019, with 34,276 visitors; and Obsessed: Compelled to Make from Australia Design Centre, from 30 May to 4 August 2019 with 7,142 visitors during 2018–19.

• Venue hire and external functions and activities grew significantly in 2018–19 with more than 26 weddings, conferences, expos and feature film hires exposing the historically significant site to a wider audience.

• Two major free community events were held with the Museum Open Day on 11 November 2018 attracting 6,209 visitors and International Museum Day on 18 May attracting 2,643 visitors.

• A new Ipswich Express train ride product was trialled in June 2019, in partnership with the Queensland Pioneer Steam Railway.

COBB+CO MUSEUM27 Lindsay Street, Toowoomba | Opened 1987

Cobb+Co Museum (C+C) houses the National Carriage Collection and tells the story of Toowoomba, exploring how horse-drawn vehicles shaped our social history and impacted on Australia’s development. The Museum is home to a range of permanent exhibitions, a program of national and international touring exhibitions, the National Carriage Factory, a series of Hands on Workshops and education programs.

2018–19 HIGHLIGHTS:• Cobb+Co had another recording-breaking year with

138,149 visitors, an increase of 19 per cent per cent on last year, the previous best year.

• The international touring Alice’s Wonderland exhibition from Museum Victoria attracted 97,562 visitors from 22 June 2018 to 17 February 2019.

• The nationally touring Bush Mechanics: The Exhibition from the National Motor Museum opened 4 March 2019 and ran until 4 August 2019, with 28,360 visitors attending the exhibition in 2018–19.

• The new Sciencentre gallery opened on 29 June 2019, giving visitors the opportunity to follow their curiosity, test their ideas and use their imagination in this fun and experience-rich exhibition.

• The sixth annual Have Another Look Captain Cook education program, a celebration of local Aboriginal history, ran from 6 to 10 August 2018 and attracted 1,433 students from schools around the region.

• A recording-breaking 10,549 people visited Cobb+Co during the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers, 21 to 30 September, with activities including the Hanging Basket Display of more than 50 baskets created by community members.

• The Hands on Workshops program continued to sell out the majority of vintage trade workshops throughout the year following an extensive review and program refresh in 2017–18.

• Cobb+Co was the venue for the two Lost Trades Fair events in Queensland on 6–7 October 2018 and 4–5 May 2019, attracting 11,010 and 7,526 visitors respectively to see demonstrations of heritage trades.

Queensland Museum Network attracted a record 2.5 million visitors to our museums in 2018–19.

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QUEENSLAND MUSEUM COLLECTIONS, RESEARCH AND LOANS CENTRE Gerler Road, Hendra, Brisbane | Opened 2002

The storage and research facility at Hendra houses our vast Geosciences Collection. The collection, including rocks, minerals and fossils, is the most comprehensive of its kind in Queensland and one of the most significant in the country. The site holds Queensland’s Archaeology material and large objects from the Cultural Heritage and Biodiversity Collections (zoological) in separate, environmentally-controlled stores.

The facility is also home to the renowned Queensland Museum Loans Service from which schools and other educational and community groups can borrow Museum objects and learning kits to use in classrooms and community displays. The loans service reaches more than 800,000 people each year from our Hendra campus and through 27 regional distribution centres across Queensland, from Mossman in the far north to Cloncurry and Barcaldine in the north and central west to Goondiwindi in the south west.

MUSEUM OF LANDS, MAPPING AND SURVEYINGOpened in 1982 at Landcentre, Woolloongabba Relocated in 2018 to Ground Floor, 317 Edward Street, Brisbane

The Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying showcases stories and artefacts relating to cartography and surveying from settlement through to the recent past. The Museum is operated by the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy on behalf of QM and is open to the public during the week. It provides specialist advice and digital resources to support research into historic land tenure. The Museum enlists the help of volunteers in sorting, cataloguing and digitising historical land records for open access. There are currently 10,104 historical maps of Queensland available online through the Queensland Government Open Data website dating back to 1841.

2018–19 HIGHLIGHTS:• The museum responded to 850 customer research

requests and gave five lectures about historical land research, attracting 106 attendees.

• The museum relocated to its new home at 317 Edward Street, Brisbane.

• Significant donations included a W.H. Harling compass level with tripod, dated early 1900s, and a Troughton and Simms theodolite, dated 1920s, complete with accessories from a surveying and engineering firm with an office in Brisbane.

EARTH SCIENCE MUSEUMThe University of Queensland, St Lucia, 2nd floor, Steele Building

This Museum is operated in partnership with The University of Queensland (UQ) to display and interpret the highlights of the Queensland Museum Mineralogical Collections (including the former UQ Mineral Collections). The Museum can be accessed by students and the general public. A senior curator of Mineralogy jointly appointed between QMN and UQ continues to review, develop and curate collections at the Museum.

REGIONAL SERVICES Museum Development Officer Program

Museum Development Officers (MDOs) continued to provide regional communities, local governments and collecting organisations with professional museum advice, support and training. Together the MDOs assist over 400 collecting organisations such as community museums, historical societies, libraries, galleries, archives, schools, RSL groups, Indigenous keeping places, multicultural groups, natural heritage organisations and visitor information centres. During 2018–19, MDOs engaged with communities and organisations 5,598 times, completed 212 site visits and undertook 51 special projects via Service Level Agreements with collecting agencies. Delivery of these projects contributes to the preservation of significant collections and interpretation of diverse stories, and it contributes directly to social wellbeing in regional and remote Queensland.

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BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM The Queensland Museum is governed by the Board of the Queensland Museum (the Board).

The Board is a statutory body. Its existence, functions and powers are set out in the Queensland Museum Act 1970 (the Act).

The Board’s functions include:

• the control and management of the Queensland Museum and of all natural history, historical and technological collections, and other chattels and property contained therein;

• the maintenance and administration of the Queensland Museum in such manner as will effectively minister to the needs and demands of the community in any or all branches of the natural sciences, applied sciences, technology and history, associated with the development of the Queensland Museum as a museum for science, the environment and human achievement, and to this end shall undertake:

(i) the storage of suitable items pertaining to the study of natural sciences, applied sciences, technology and history, and exhibits and other personal property;

(ii) carrying out or promoting scientific and historical research;

(iii) the provision of educational facilities through the display of selected items, lectures, films, broadcasts, telecasts, publications and other means; and

(iv) the operation of workshops for the maintenance and repair of exhibits and other things; and

• the control and management of all lands and premises vested in or placed under the control of the Board.

For performing its functions, the Board has all the powers of an individual and may, for example, enter into arrangements, agreements, contracts and deeds; acquire, hold, deal with and dispose of property; engage consultants; appoint agents and attorneys; charge, and fix terms, for goods, services, facilities and information supplied by it; and do anything else necessary or desirable to be done in performing its functions.

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On behalf of my Board colleagues, I am pleased to present the Board of Queensland Museum’s Annual Report 2018-19.

As the newly appointed Chair of the Board, I am delighted to report on the significant accomplishments and growth across the Queensland Museum Network (QMN).

Not only is the Network a thriving cultural and scientific hub, the new galleries and experiences across the Network have resulted in record visitation, further cementing museums as a platform to educate and entertain the people of Queensland and visitors to our State.

While collection conservation and care remain a priority, I’m excited to help continue the exemplary work to showcase the incredible research and work we do beyond the Museum’s walls, through exhibitions, events, programming and delivery of the internationally renowned World Science Festival Brisbane.

Over the past year at South Bank, Queensland Museum has opened a state-of-the-art STEM education gallery in SparkLab, found Mephisto’s lasting home on Level 1 in the Anzac Legacy Gallery, redeveloped and opened a new-look Discovery Centre on Level 4 to complement the Wild State gallery and created a world-class 1,000 square metre gallery space on Level 3, for hosting larger international and travelling exhibitions.

Further afield, across the Network we have brought unique events and new exhibitions to Cobb+Co in Toowoomba, re-imagined the spaces at The Workshops Rail Museum at Ipswich and refreshed the galleries at the Museum of Tropical Queensland in Townsville.

Partnerships across the Network have also grown to bring long-standing and mutually beneficial programs

and investment to our museums. This year we saw a ground-breaking five-year $7.6 million investment and partnership between QMN and BHP, which will help to share the Museum’s significant collection globally and to establish both organisations as world leaders in eResearch, technology and innovation.

Research and curatorial staff across QMN continue to demonstrate an unwavering dedication and commitment to protect and display our unique cultural and natural heritage collections. Important work also continues with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through curatorial, public and repatriation programs; major exhibitions, lectures, seminars and behind-the-scenes tours; and in 2019 hosting the Pacific Arts Association International Symposium.

I look forward to working with our Board, the talented QMN staff and our many and varied stakeholders to continue the expansive range of programs and events, galleries, research and discoveries of the expansive network to ensure a bright future for us all.

Professor Margaret Sheil AO Chair, Board of Queensland Museum

CHAIR’S OVERVIEW

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It is hard to believe another year has gone by. In the world of museums, of course, years turn into decades and centuries. 2018–19 is no exception, and it has been a year of significant achievements, transformed spaces and the telling of new stories.

For the first time in many years, the South Bank campus has every public floor open and available to visitors after a comprehensive redevelopment.

The new SparkLab, Sciencentre opened in September 2018 in Brisbane, followed by overnight delivery, road closures and the museum façade removal to accommodate the delivery of Mephisto for Anzac Legacy Gallery. Across the regions all of our networks have seen redevelopment and redesign work this financial year, particularly the new Sciencentre spaces at each campus, based on the concept developed for Brisbane’s new SparkLab, Sciencentre. Our aim is simple: make science accessible and encourage children to be curious.

With that goal in mind, the 4th World Science Festival Brisbane continued to delight and inspire with our regional locations of Townsville, Gladstone, Chinchilla, Toowoomba and Ipswich, showing significant visitor growth.

Our performance in the last 12 months is cause for celebration, highlighted by 2.5 million visitors across the Network. Not only have we improved our visitation across all of our campuses, our renewed programming and engagement of local communities is part of our commitment to our regions.

The Workshops Rail Museum once again hosted the popular Day out with Thomas, Shapeshifters, Mugshots from the Roaring Twenties and Obsessed: Compelled to Make. Cobb+Co Museum hosted Alice’s Wonderland, Bush Mechanics, Hands on Workshops and Lost Trades Fair.

Museum of Tropical Queensland hosted Dinosaur rEvolution and their own curatorial developed exhibition called Natural

Curiosity. Our Museum Development Officers worked across the state to help those museums and councils in need.

We have also brought the world to Queensland. At South Bank we hosted international exhibitions from the British Museum – Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives, Monkeys from National Museum of Scotland and NASA – A Human Adventure, which is open until 9 October.

This year we described 176 new species, added to our collections, and continued our never-ending quest to research and describe the natural and cultural history of Queensland.

We are privileged to be supported by our many valuable tourism, industry and academic partners who help us create memorable and inspiring events, exhibitions and programs. We cannot tell our stories without them.

This year we have said farewell to many long-serving staff, some heading to retirement after more than 30 years’ service. We wish them well for the future. Also departing are three Board members who have finished their tenure. Special thanks to Board Chair for the last five years, David Conry, and Board Members Tim Forrester and Sharon Schoenborn.

The next few years are critical for the Museum. We look forward to developing a long-term master plan for the Network and further bringing our collections to life. We have many more stories to tell and discoveries to make.

Dr Jim Thompson Chief Executive Officer Queensland Museum Network

CEO’S OVERVIEW

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ATTENDANCE2,551,182 million visitors 2,218,689 at Queensland Museum 138,149 at Cobb+Co Museum 97,565 at Museum of Tropical Queensland 96,779 at The Workshops Rail Museum

COLLECTIONSAlmost 1.2 million items in the Queensland Museum State Collection 879,273 items in the Biodiversity Collection 89,672 items in the Geosciences Collection 174,806 items in the Cultures and

Histories Collection 45,130 items in the library

58% of Queensland Museum State Collection stored to the National Benchmark

6,807 new biological specimens were validated and registered

4,206 digital images and records were added to the Digital Asset Management System

176 new species were described, more than 5,000 described by QM since its inception

14 million research collection items stored but not in the State Collection

WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANE205,229 visits to World Science Festival Brisbane free and ticketed events, which resulted in $11.45 million in direct and incremental spending in Queensland and 90,538 event-specific visitor nights

EXHIBITIONS155,746 people visited Egyptian Mummies exhibition, and up until 30 June 2019, 122,465 people have visited NASA – A Human Adventure.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS 151,087 visitors engaged with our school and teacher programs, STEM programs, holiday programs, talks and outreach programs including Sensory Friendly sessions and Little Learner Discovery Day programs.

6,827 people attended our popular Night at the Museum, After Dark and Goodnight at the Museum sleepover.

HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 2018–19

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LIFELONG LEARNING, EDUCATION AND ACCESS831,530 people accessed loans and objects to use in their schools, early learning centres and communities through the Queensland Museum Loans service

62,642 students and 286 teachers visited QMN

121,290 people visited SparkLab, Sciencentre and also participated in 1897 science bar programs including 19,445 from kindergarten, out-of-school children’s groups, TAFE, tertiary and adult education organisations

19,255 requests received through the Discovery Centre Inquiry service via email, phone and post

55 new loans kits were developed for QM Loans: 22 kits relating to sciences, 33 kits relating to history and social sciences and 45 new kits supporting early learning

PUBLICATIONS120 peer-reviewed research publications by Biodiversity and Geosciences and Cultures and Histories researchers2 major publications were produced for sale — Mephisto: Technology, War and Remembrance; and Kambek: Reconnecting Collections.

MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEBSITE69M impressions, 277,416 engagements and 219,878 social media fans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram across all QMN campuses and WSFB

6.1M webpage views and 1.89M visitors to our QMN and WSFB websites

$24.1M in value in local, national and international advertising standard rate (ASR) media coverage, 82M in cumulative audiences across media outlets with 7,599 stories across radio, tv, press and the internet

VOLUNTEERS613 volunteers provided 4,301 volunteer hours across QMN to help create authentic and compelling museum experiences from front-of-house operations, publications and photography, lifelong learning, Biodiversity and Geosciences, Cultures and Histories and World Science Festival Brisbane

244 volunteers helped deliver World Science Festival Brisbane over five days

SATISFACTION97% of visitors were satisfied with their museum experience across the Queensland Museum Network

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WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANE 2019The fourth annual World Science Festival Brisbane (WSFB) explored themes of life on earth, advancing medical science, invention and the story of space through a curated program of performance, conversation, film, outdoor experiences and hands-on activities across six locations including Brisbane (20– 24 March), Gladstone (1–2 March), Townsville (8–9 March), Ipswich (16–17 March), Toowoomba (22–23 March) and Chinchilla (29–30 March).

The only global extension of this hugely popular event, WSFB features a suite of innovative programs showcasing ground-breaking scientific research from the Asia Pacific region alongside content direct from the New York festival. The 2019 program included:

• The inaugural Scientia® Address and Australian premiere of Time and the Creative Cosmos.

• 214 performances of 134 events held across six locations (Brisbane, Gladstone, Chinchilla, Toowoomba, Townsville and Ipswich) with 297 participants, activity providers and performers.

• 205,229 attendances (a record 96,000 visitors were welcomed at Street Science! at South Bank), exceeding last year’s attendance by 9 per cent.

• 30+ partners from government, academia and private industry, contributing $3 million in cash and in-kind support.

• 90,538 event specific visitor nights, injecting more than $11.45 million of direct and incremental spending into the Queensland economy, an increase of 28% on the previous year.

• Thought-provoking and fast-paced signature, conversation and salon events continued to be the feature of the event offerings.

• In Townsville Dr Karl presented Extreme Moments: With Dr Karl to a sell-out crowd at the Ville Resort Casino. He returned on Saturday morning, delighting audiences young and old in Dr Karl for Kids.

• For the first time the hugely popular Cool Jobs was delivered in all locations, providing audiences in Gladstone, Townsville, Ipswich, Brisbane, Toowoomba and Chinchilla the chance to learn about ‘a day in the life’ of people with diverse STEM careers.

• More than 7,100 students attended WSFB as part of pre-planned school excursions.

IMAGE TO COME

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AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND RECOGNITIONAWARDS• Head of Geosciences, Dr Andrew Rozefelds,

received an award from Journal of Systematics and Evolution for a publication on a species named in honour of QM Honorary Fellow Mary Dettmann for her significant contribution to research at the QMN.

• Head of Terrestrial Biodiversity and Principal Curator, Dr Robert Raven, was awarded the prestigious 2018 Queensland Museum Medal for his contribution to science and research in the field of Arachnology. During his 45 year career, Dr Raven has described more than 400 spider species from Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Colombia, Peru, Panama, Mexico, India, south-east Asia and New Guinea, including 23 new species described in 2018.

• QMN Photographer, Gary Cranitch, was a finalist in the 2019 AIPP Queensland Epson State Photography Awards - Nature Category. Gary won one Gold and two Silver Awards at the 2019 AIPP Queensland State Photography Awards after winning two silver awards at the 2018 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards.

RECOGNITION• Acting Director, Collections and Research,

Dr Robert Adlard and Head of Geosciences Dr Andrew Rozefelds were conferred with Adjunct Associate Professor appointments with University of Queensland and Central Queensland respectively for their collaborations with university staff.

• Dr Robert Adlard has been invited by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to participate in a working group on the susceptibility of molluscs to infection with globally significant diseases. The seven members will meet in Dec–Jan 2020. This invitation results from work Dr Adlard undertook on molecular and morphological diagnosis and spread of QX disease in Sydney Rock Oysters.

• Peter Davie (Senior Curator, Crustacea) retired after giving 45 years of service to the Queensland Museum.

VALE • Professor Trevor Clifford OAM. An Honorary

Fellow at QMN in his retirement, Trevor had a long-term fascination with plant genetics, statistics and evolution, which saw him progressing research on the fossil floras of Queensland during his time at QMN.

• Dr Dan Robinson, QM’s first curator for the history and technology section. Dan began at QM in 1972 and retired in 2002. He developed and managed the collection across a number of roles and later established the Museum Development Officer Network.

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BACKGROUNDGOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES FOR THE COMMUNITYThe Board of the Queensland Museum contributes to the achievement of the Queensland Government’s objectives for the community:

OBJECT AND GUIDING PRINCIPLESIn performing its functions, the Board must have regard to the object of, and guiding principles for, the Act. The object of the Act is to contribute to the cultural, social and intellectual development of all Queenslanders. The guiding principles behind achievement of this object are:

• Leadership and excellence should be provided in the preservation, research and communication of Queensland’s cultural and natural heritage.

• There should be responsiveness to the needs of communities in regional and outer metropolitan areas.

• Respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures should be affirmed.

• Children and young people should be supported in their appreciation of Queensland’s cultural and natural heritage.

• Diverse audiences should be developed.

• Capabilities for lifelong learning about Queensland’s cultural and natural heritage should be developed.

• Opportunities should be developed for international collaboration and for cultural exports, especially to the Asia-Pacific region.

• Content relevant to Queensland should be promoted and presented.

create jobs in a strong economy

by growing cultural and scientific tourism by delivering international exhibitions and iconic STEM and the arts experiences, including the World Science Festival Brisbane, attracting interstate and international visitation

keep communities safe

by encouraging all Queenslanders to value our cultural and natural heritage, safeguarding the past and protecting our future; and building capability and capacity across generations, connecting with each other through the provision of experiences that tell stories bigger than ourselves.

give all our children a great start

by connecting the creative discovery process that is the foundation of STEM and the arts with education. Exposing new audiences to lifelong learning, arts, science and culture inspires the next generation of creative thinkers.

protect the Great Barrier Reef

by leading innovative research to increase knowledge about the reef. We partner with world-class research organisations and share these messages of conservation and sustainability with our audiences.

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STRATEGIC PLAN 2018–2022The Board of the Queensland Museum Strategic Plan 2018–2022 sets out the following strategic objectives:

• to ensure care of the QMN collections meets international benchmark standards and assists Queensland communities to care for their collections.

• to become Australasia’s most visited museum network.

• to be the most successful research museum in Australasia.

• to provide leadership and excellence in lifelong learning inspired by museum best practice.

• to invest in QMN’s products, services, facilities, infrastructure and partnerships to create a sustainable business model.

• to ensure a rewarding, innovative and high-performing workplace culture.

OPERATIONAL PLAN 2018–2019The Board of the Queensland Museum Operational Plan 2018–2019 was based on its Strategic Plan 2018–2022.

• During 2017–2018, QMN worked to establish stronger partnerships for the delivery of stories relating to Queensland’s remarkable cultural and natural heritage. In doing so the Network took the museum into communities, classrooms and online – a museum without borders that inspires curiosity to connect the past, make sense of the present and help navigate the future. We also established partnerships to maximise the research value of the State collection through new university collaborations.

• QMN also delivered a new Anzac Legacy Gallery commemorating the bravery of Queensland’s personnel and providing a permanent home for the unique First World War A7V Sturmpanzerwagen tank. We also made further investment in STEM through the establishment of a new $9 million Science Gallery and continue to deliver exclusive international exhibitions of Egyptian Mummies – Exploring Ancient Lives and NASA – A Human Adventure.

• The operational plan was not modified during the year.

In 2019–2020 QMN will undertake the following priorities:

• to further create and extend lifelong learning opportunities through exhibitions, events, programs, publications and digital media. Major events in 2019-2020 include the fifth World Science Festival Brisbane, continued delivery of high-profile international exhibitions and delivery of STEM initiatives across all campuses of QMN.

• to commence the development of an expanded research and biodiversity collection storage centre with an investment of $16.1 million over four years from 2019–2020 to 2022–2023 to preserve and maintain valuable collection items to international standards.

• to continue with the implementation of $7 million investment over four years from 2016–17 to address critical maintenance at regional campuses and the storage facility at Hendra.

• to commence the development of a long-term master plan and strategic vision that will position the museum to meet the challenges of the future.

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OPERATING ENVIRONMENT QMN reaches far beyond the walls of its museums, connecting with millions of people through museum experiences, events, workshops, talks and lectures, school education kits, publications, online resources. Regional support across the state is enabled via our Museum Development Officer Network and World Science Festival programming. We continually strive to be a cultural and scientific leader by successfully harnessing the support of industry.

QMN strives to ensure that it meets international standards in the care, growth and preservation of the collections; creates compelling experiences that engage visitors (both real and virtual); builds world-class research capability; becomes a national leader in engagement in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and the arts; drives innovation in its business activities; invests in its people; and works in partnership with community, industry, government and other learning institutions to innovate in service development and delivery.

STRATEGIC RISKS The ongoing capacity to maintain a broad and dynamic program and deliver state-wide exhibitions, events, experiences and learning programs at low cost may impact on key measures of visitation and earned revenue. While confident that the proposed program of exhibitions and events is achievable, the Museum will actively pursue partnerships, sponsorships, self-generated revenue sources, grants and donations. Key risks identified:

• The capacity to maintain a core of scientific and technical expertise capable of addressing issues critical to the sustainability of Queensland’s cultural and natural environments may impact on the ability to achieve research findings and delivery of new knowledge.

• The capacity to resource effective learning and development strategies that provide opportunities to build capability and improve workplace culture.

• The ongoing growth of the collection leads to increased requirements for conservation, management and storage requirements for Queensland’s extraordinary collection. This may impact on the capacity of QM to maintain high standards of care in perpetuity. Resources for best practice care are allocated on an annual basis, and from time to time additional funding is sought for infrastructure. The long-term growth of the collection and its management will also form part of future planning.

STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES QMN is committed to recognising and maximising any strategic opportunities to:

• embrace the digital revolution and new technology to enable improved access to collections, establishment of new audiences and increased reach. This will be realised through the development of a new digital and technology strategy and the formation of new partnerships with industry, academia and community.

• respectfully showcase Queensland’s unique Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures to the world.

• Increase partnerships and collaborations with industry, universities, local government and others, which is essential to grow and diversify QMN’s offering.

• be recognised as a centre of excellence in STEM learning through the SparkLab, Sciencentre, World Science Festival Brisbane and Future Makers partnership through the delivery of innovative and best practice learning activities in STEM.

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OUTCOMESPERFORMANCE MEASURE 2018–2019

TARGET2018–2019

ACTUAL2019–2020

TARGET

Objective 1: To ensure the care of QMN collections meet international benchmark standards and assist Queensland communities to care for their collections

Percentage of the collection stored to national benchmark standard. 1

82% 58% 62%

Percentage of QMN State collections available online. 69% 71% 70%

Number of digital assets managed for long-term access. 2 90,000 156,971 -

Percentage of Local Governments receiving QMN services 3 100% 84% 100%

Objective 2: To become Australasia’s most visited museum network

Number of visits to QMN onsite, offsite and online 4 4,291,500 24,582,178 6,202,000

Visits to Queensland Museum Network onsite and at touring venues (Service Delivery Statement measure)

2.1M 2,557,673 2.2M

Increase in improvements to economic benefit to Queensland from cultural tourism 5

$5M $11.45M -

Audience satisfaction (Service Delivery Statement effectiveness measure) 6

96% 97% 96%

Objective 3: To be the most successful research museum in Australasia

Percentage increase in the number of peer-reviewed papers from previous years

5% 122 papers

-2% 120 papers

105

Percentage of museum exhibitions and experiences using QMN collections and evidence-based research

60% 71% 60%

Number of national and international research grants sought Number of university and industry research collaborations Joint appointments Joint grant applications Joint projects 7

8 10 8 4 6

10 10 8 5 6

8 - - - -

Objective 4: To provide leadership and excellence in lifelong learning inspired by museum best practice

Annual formal educational visits across QMN (including WSFB) 8

75,000 62,642 76,000

Number of users of educational loans kits 800,000 831,530 800,000

Number of people participating in public programs on and off site 9

60,000 203,770 60,000

Objective 5: To invest in QMN’s products, services, facilities, infrastructure and partnerships to create a sustainable business model

Non-government revenue as a percentage of total revenue (Service Delivery Statement efficiency measure) 10

41% 33% 36%

Number of partnerships 11 38 37 40

Percentage of audit meeting internal audit timetable 100% 100% 100%

Objective 6: To ensure a rewarding, innovative and high performing workplace culture

Percentage of staff participating in performance reviews 12 100% 85% 100%

Number of volunteers 13 250 428 300

Annual improvement towards government workforce diversity targets 14

Positive increase Decrease Positive increase

Working for Queensland survey responses 15 positive increase Decrease by 9% positive increase

PERFORMANCE MEASURES

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1. This figure has been reduced to 58 per cent due to the temporary closure of the Research and Biodiversity Collection Centre as a result of compliance requirements. Twenty-six (26) per cent of the collection is housed in the Wet Collections Store.

2. Target now discontinued.

3. Obe hundred (100) per cent of Local Government Authorities were offered Queensland Museum services; however, only 84% took them up.

4. Includes 18.5 million specific visits (worldwide) to a YouTube video that promoted the Thomas the Tank Engine public program at The Workshops Rail Museum. This visitation rate is expected to be a one-off anomaly as it has been misinterpreted as part of a new Thomas the Tank Engine film release.

5. WSFB in 2018–2019 had significant economic impact growth of more than 43% on the previous year. This result is a measure of performance not a target.

6. This service standard is considered the best available proxy measure of effectiveness of the service area objective, due to its ability to infer public value, relevance, community perception and international standing. The 2018–2019 actual is greater than the 2018–2019 estimate due to the stronger than anticipated visitation to the NASA - A Human Adventure exhibition. This service standard provides an indication of Queensland Museum’s effectiveness in providing a compelling program of experiences across its campuses and online, helping to build Queensland’s reputation as a cultural destination. The measure is of overall satisfaction of audiences with their Queensland Museum Network experiences, and the survey is consistent with the Queensland Government Performance Management Framework Measuring Customer Experience Reference Guide published by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet.

7. Target now discontinued.

8. Lower figures due to gallery redevelopment and closures in 2018–2019 including Sciencentre and Discovery Centre.

9. In 2018-2019 this figure includes WSFB vistiors at Street Science!

10. This service standard demonstrates the efficient use of government funding in leveraging investment and own source revenue for the delivery of services. The 2018–2019 actual is lower than the 2018–2019 estimate due to the provision of additional government grant funds for projects, which resulted in a lower percentage of non-government funds. The change in 2019-20 target/estimate is due to differences in timing of program funding between years.

11. Includes 32 corporate partners, three councils (Toowoomba, Thuringowa and Burdekin), Science Museum Group and Anzac Centenary Coordination Unit

12. Due to the casual and temporary positions not every employee participated in performance reviews.

13. Includes 190 QMN volunteers and 238 WSFB event volunteers.

14. Women in senior positions is 35.7% against a target of 50%; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is 0.79% against a target of 3%; people with disability is 2.65% against target of 8%; NESB is 7.43% against target of 10%. Reduction in organisational FTEs and vacant board positions have contributed to this decline.

15. Response rate in 2017–2018 was 75%. Establishment data included casuals and casuals have not participated in survey completion in previous years. An increase in headcount and therefore potential responses has impacted the participation rate.

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STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES Objective 1: To ensure care of QMN collections meet international benchmark standards and assists Queensland communities to care for their collections

COLLECTIONS AND ACCESSIONSAn active acquisition, donations and collecting strategy has seen collection growth at 976 items for Cultures and Histories and 9,923 specimens for Biodiversity and Geosciences.

CULTURES AND HISTORIES• Internationally renowned Australian artist Danie

Mellor gifted a contemporary Indigenous artwork, New Materialisms (anticipating Girrugarr) I-V, 2015 to QMN.

• A padlock uncovered during the HMS Pandora excavations in the 1980s was returned to the collection following treatment by conservation staff. The padlock is significant as damage to the shackle and the padlock body may provide material evidence of mutineers breaking free of their shackles during the shipwreck.

• Other significant collection items accessioned include the Queens Relay Baton, medals and assorted memorabilia from the Gold Coast 2018 XXI Commonwealth Games; wedding suits from the first same sex marriage conducted in Queensland after legislation changes; vascular graft prototypes designed and made by pioneering Brisbane vascular surgeon, Dr Sam Mellick; objects brought back from Changi prisoner-of-war camp, Singapore, after World War II; and a boomerang and two Queensland school readers donated by an internationally renowned pharmacist and former Chair of the United Nations Non-Government Departmental Committee on Narcotics and Substance Abuse (UNNDENSA).

• Multiple objects and donations as part of the new Anzac Legacy Gallery.

BIODIVERSITY AND GEOSCIENCES• A major donation of rodent tissues from north

Queensland from Kevin Rowe (Museum of Victoria) provides a valuable resource for understanding how different species of animals are being affected by environmental change.

• A high quality insect collection was donated to QM by Glen Smith and has already been used actively for research and as display specimens within the newly-refurbished Discovery Centre at QM South Bank.

• 1,000 wasp specimens were donated to the QM collection, and these collections have also contributed to the international Barcode of Life (BOLD) database and exemplify how data from our collection are being used internationally.

• An acquisition of a collection of insect specimens from North Queensland by entomologist Frederick Dodds.

• The transfer of the Australian Institute Marine Sciences Library of Sessile Marine Invertebrates to MTQ.

• The fish collection received a Giant Anglerfish, Antennarius commerson, which washed up on Mudjimba Beach, Sunshine Coast after Cyclone Oma it is a significant addition to the collection of an uncommon species of fish and a representative of the largest of the shallow water anglerfishes.

• Studies of our State fauna cannot be taken in isolation, and having comparative collections for many poorly known groups is critical for the identification of species. As a result of fieldwork in the Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, some important topotype corals were added to the QM State Collection.

• Fossils and research items from the South Walker Creek Project in the Bowen Basin as part of Project DIG partnership were added to the collections.

• Lava bomb and lava flows from sites in south eastern Queensland were added to the collections for future displays on the volcanicity of eastern Australia.

• Mineral specimens, including the rare copper arsenate, Cornwallite, from South Australia were donated to the collection.

COLLECTIONS• A complete list of the published data for the Riversleigh

World Heritage Area Fossil Site is now available on the QM Vernon database. The collection includes 3,676 published specimens. 159 holotypes, 499 paratypes and 953 specimens have been submitted to the QM, while 2,724 still remain at University of New South Wales

DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT• QM Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) is

nearing completion following implementation of an expanded Enterprise Licence. DAMS will allow global access to more than 370,000 digital and analogue images in the Queensland Museum Image Library. Further DAMS work is being funded by Project DIG partnership. An e-commerce solution for the DAMS enabling the public to purchase images online will be revised to ensure compliance with State Government cybersecurity protocols.

• DAMS has also enabled the sharing of large data files with researchers around the world.

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STORAGE CAPACITY STATE-WIDE• The Arts Queensland funded Storage Upgrade Project

completed its final year of works, creating additional storage space and improving the quality of storage methods to ensure better long-term preservation. Additionally, data accuracy was improved in the Vernon Collection Management System for more than 50,000 objects/specimens moved as part of the project.

• Almost 24 per cent additional space has been provided for future collection growth for the next five years across the identified collection areas: Entomology, Anthropology, Herpetology, the Collections & Research Resource Centre, and the vault to store iconic and valuable objects.

• In conjunction with our Cultural Centre partners, QM is contributing to the development of a Business Case to determine storage solutions that meet medium- to long-term needs.

• Access to the QMS Wet Store has been restricted in 2018–19 due to services being non-compliant with contemporary standards. The funding announced in the State Government Budget in 2019 for a new research and biodiversity collection storage facility will transfer these collections to Hendra. Planning for the relocation of collections and the development of appropriate infrastructure at Hendra has commenced.

REPATRIATION• QMN continues to care for the Ancestral Remains,

burial goods, and Secret and/or Sacred Objects on behalf of Aboriginal Peoples and Torres Strait Islanders in a restricted access facility within the museum. The Repatriation Unit is culturally appropriate and proactive when engaging with the Ancestors and their respective communities.

• Three sacred ceremonial stones were returned to the Ngemba People of Brewarrina, New South Wales, at an official handover smoking ceremony at QM South Bank.

• In consultation with the QM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Consultative Committee, the museum supported the Ngajon Jil People to rebury their Ancestor who was returned from overseas.

• A full audit of the compactus units housing male Secret and/or Sacred Items was completed. Artefacts were re-housed in suitable storage and photographed to provide a record that will limit unnecessary handling of the artefacts. QMN will develop a repatriation strategy and schedule for the return of Male Secret and/or Sacred items and Burial Goods following the identification of items connected to the Northern Territory held in care.

• The Burnett River Rocks Engraving project is an initiative to repatriate 92 large sandstone blocks containing Aboriginal engravings (petroglyphs) removed from the Burnett River in the 1970s. In consultation with regional councils, the prescribed Body Corporate and regional groups, six blocks were relocated to secured long-term storage in Bundaberg, along with three engraved blocks that had been repatriated previously.

• Facilitated through the Australian Government Repatriation Unit, Munich’s Five Continents Museum returned the ancestral remains of a Yidinji King to QM for temporary care before returning to Queensland country. Following endorsement by the QM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Consultative Committee, funds from the QM Repatriation Fund were used to support the Yidinji People to travel to Germany to retrieve their Ancestor.

QUEENSLAND COMMUNITIES AND MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS (MDO)• The MDO program continues to perform exceptionally

well with available resources. The demand on the program from local governments and community groups indicates its strong relevance.

• The five MDOs provided regional communities, local governments and collecting organisations with professional museum advice, support and training. In 2018–19 MDOs engaged with communities and organisations 5,598 times, completed 212 site visits and undertook 51 special projects via Service Level Agreements with collecting agencies. Delivery of these projects contributes to the preservation of significant collections, interpretation of diverse stories and the social wellbeing in regional and remote Queensland.

• An important focus of the MDO program is disaster response including ongoing recovery assistance following the 2019 floods in Townsville. While the program coordinated and provided a first response for collecting institutions in Townsville, many collection items continue to be housed at MTQ until community groups are ready for the MDO-led second recovery phase, which will assess damaged items and provide training to reinstate these collection items back into collections.

• The MDO program was available to service all Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Queensland in 2018–19 including ongoing assistance to Indigenous Shire Councils and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities throughout Queensland.

• QMN staff delivered a joint presentation on the topic of Conservation vs Preservation and the impact on collection significance at the Mackay Regional Council’s Combined Museums Meeting.

LONG-TERM PRESERVATION AND CARE OF QMN COLLECTIONS• As part of QM’s obligations to Protection of Cultural

Objects on Loan Scheme (PCOL), an online training module developed in conjunction with the Corporate Administration Agency, specifically targeting PCOL requirements and due diligence in relation to collection management, was rolled out to all QM staff. Collection management and curatorial staff working directly with the collections will be required to complete an advanced training package as an annual mandatory requirement.

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• QMN continues to leverage improved collection preservation through capitalising on exhibition and programming initiatives. As a result of exhibition display, more than 200 due diligence assessments were undertaken.

• In 2018–19 large exhibition projects, especially the new Anzac Legacy Gallery, resulted in more than 700 objects in the collection undergoing conservation. Outgoing loans and conservation in preparation for photography has meant a measurable improvement in long-term preservation of elements of the Social History Collection.

• Use of imaging technology to scan palaeontological holotypes reduces handling of fragile specimens, which will help preserve them for the future.

• The first in a line of rolling stock that has been on display for the past two decades underwent restoration at The Workshops Rail Museum. Maintenance work was completed on the Thiess Tractor Collection and the first stage of curatorial research and catalogue work was completed with object records going live on Collection Online.

• In partnership with the University of Melbourne, the PolyMuse Online Heritage Resource Manager (OHRM) database system will provide a central location to combine, relate, search, analyse and output data for improved conservation and preservation of knowledge of polymer materials held in museums. This grant funded project is due for completion in 2019-2020.

• Annual mandatory Collection Disaster awareness training was delivered to QMN staff and volunteers, ensuring consistent understanding of processes in relation to collection salvage in the event of an emergency.

ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLDPhysical access to collection items remains a focus for QMN; however, increasing online access to collections through the use of images and scans is a long-term priority.

• QM makes collection information available on its websites and through institution and national data aggregation services, such as the newly launched QM Learning Resources site: www.learning.qm.qld.gov.au and existing services such as the Atlas of Living Australia and the Queensland Government open data portal.

• The Learning Resources platform was funded through our Future Makers partnership with Shell’s QGC business, launched in June 2019. It provides seamless and unprecedented access to QM learning and STEM resources, images, videos and collection objects through the integration of five collection and research databases, including collections data from the Vernon Collection Management System and DAMs. The Learning Resource site provides easy access to QM collection objects and digital assets to the primary target audience of teachers and students. The service allows visitors to the site to “collect and share” over 720,000 assets.

• The Discovery Centre Inquiry Service responded to 19,255 requests for information in 2018–2019, with 6,628 of these relating to QM’s core research areas of Biodiversity, Cultures and Histories, Science and Technology, and Geosciences, reinforcing QM’s reputation as a source of expertise in these areas.

• In 2018–2019, Zoom Technology was used three times to speak live to classes and groups of teachers in other locations. The live presentations were done from Cobb+Co’s Carriage Gallery and in the Alice’s Wonderland Exhibition. It is believed that it is one of the first times in Australia that such a virtual tour has been undertaken. The participants could ask questions in live time and, at their end, zoom, tilt and pan the camera on museum objects. The project is being run in conjunction with the University of Southern Queensland.

• Participation in The Hut Environmental and Community Association (THECA) FORUM 2018 Citizen Science: Challenges and Benefits for Biodiversity Conservation ensures that data collected are of high quality and reusable by using software and web services developed and disseminated by the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA).

• In future years, QMN will further enhance and redevelop the QMN website and digital channels through online audience research to deliver access to collection objects and high quality digital assets, ticketing, online retail products and exhibition resources.

OPEN DATA PORTAL• QMN remains committed to the principles of open access

to public data and making collection information available on the QM website Collections online page, the Atlas of Living Australia and QM’s Learning Resources website.

• QMN shared 26 collection datasets covering biodiversity, culture and histories via the Queensland Government open data portal. The datasets were accessed over 7,868 times.

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Objective 2: To become Australasia’s most visited museum network

EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMSIn 2018–19 QM delivered a comprehensive program of 126 exhibitions, public activities and events across our campuses.

• The International Touring Exhibitions Gallery on Level 3 saw an expansion over the last financial year funded with assistance from Arts Queensland, increasing its footprint from 633m2 to 1,000m2. This expansion allows QM to secure and deliver full-scale exclusive exhibitions.

• NASA – A Human Adventure has seen more than 122,465 visitors through the doors since it opened on 15 March 2019. It is a travelling exhibition from John Nurminen Events and QM’s largest show to date, covering more than 1,000 m2, across two levels.

• The British Museum exhibition Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives attracted 155,746 visitors and Museum of Scotland’s Monkeys: A Primate Story received 86,882 visitors.

• QM has delivered four major permanent galleries renewals this financial year. QM has opened Sparklab Sciencentre (Level 1), Anzac Legacy Gallery (Level 1), the new Discovery Centre (Level 4) and the expansion of an international touring exhibition gallery (level 3).

– SparkLab, Sciencentre was opened on 17 September 2018. The new Sciencentre experience is QM’s premier STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) exhibition and puts visitors into the role of being a scientist. SparkLab includes a number of objects from QMN’s collection to show design improvements over time or real world examples of a scientific concept. From 17 September 2018 to 30 June 2019, SparkLab received 121,290 visitors (average 427.83 visitors per trading day). This is a 7.2 per cent increase on the target visitation of 113,127.

– Anzac Legacy Gallery opened in time for the 100th anniversary of Remembrance Day in November 2018. The exhibition explores the First World War and its legacies in Queensland. The gallery also provides a permanent home for Mephisto, the only surviving example of a German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen tank of its kind in the world. It features more than 500 significant objects and 200 stories and is a place for visitors to explore and understand the impact of the First World War on Queensland and the way it changed and shaped the lives of Queenslanders today. A feature is a reproduction of a First World War mourning suit made by renowned Brisbane costumier Janet Walker. The actual gown was considered too fragile for long-term display and an exact copy was produced by QM’s textile conservator to allow the story to be told whilst preserving the original object. The reproduction process was filmed using a time lapse camera and uploaded to the web for public

access. It was presented at the 2019 AICCM textile symposium. As part of deeper schools engagement, a gallery ‘Handling Kit’ was developed along with resources to support teachers, particularly for year 9 curriculum.

– The new Discovery Centre opened to visitors on 9 March 2019 after being transferred from its previous gallery in Level 3. The gallery has been relocated to Level 4 to provide a better connection with the Queensland-themed Wild State Gallery on the same level. The new showcase displays in the Discovery Centre meet conservation, security, design and environmental standards as well as contain new LED lighting that brings out the colours in the specimens while maintaining the conservation requirements. Projectors and new screens have significantly improved the digital interaction particularly to highlight high quality imagery connected with the content for the first time.

• National Archaeology Week was celebrated at QM with a special schools program delivered by Curator Nick Hadnutt, focusing on object analysis and the stories objects tell by using a number of different artefact groups, ranging from Aboriginal stone tools to 19th century glass bottles.

• The first ever Olden Days Festival for kids was held at Cobb+Co in May 2019. Seven hundred and eighty-five students and supervisors attended the festival. Olden day cars and displays of artisan trades were well received.

• QMN received more than $24M in media and ASR (advertising space rate) and 7,599 media stories. An accumulative audience of 1 billion was reached.

• Our social media audiences are more than 219,000, with 69 million impressions and more than 6 million in website visitors.

• Our CRM database contacts now exceed 100,000 and eDM subscribers number 89,484 for South Bank, 13,608 for TWRM, 11,977 for MTQ and 8,152 for C+C.

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COLLABORATION FOR THE DELIVERY OF MUSEUM PRODUCTS AND EXPERIENCES• QMN continues its long-term partnerships with Tourism

and Events Queensland and Brisbane Marketing to contribute to the state tourism target in the delivery of exclusive international museum products, contributing to Queensland’s growing events calendar and attracting thousands of interstate and international visitors.

• QMN contributed to REDMAP (Range Extension Database and Mapping Project) on a citizen-science marine species range-shift initiative to assist them in applying for a Great Barrier Reef Foundation (GBRF) Reef Trust Partnership grant.

• Geosciences staff presented at a conference by the Savannah Guides, an Australia-wide network of professional geoheritage and eco-tour guides and tour operators, on the interpretation of geoheritage sites.

• Two major publications for a general public audience were released in 2018–19 — Mephisto: Technology, War and Remembrance and Kambek: Reconnecting Collections, a joint publication by Queensland Museum, the University of Sydney and the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery (PNG NMA) about personal connections to Sir William MacGregor’s collection.

• The multi-institution, multi-disciplinary research collaboration out of the Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) resulted in two engagement events at World Science Festival Brisbane and the engagement of QM staff in preliminary planning work for exhibitions and loans kits, based on research conducted by CABAH investigators.

• Research and curatorial staff have worked in partnership with numerous institutions and commercial organisations on an ARC grant and partner funded projects to deliver research and communicate results including: Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH); How Meston’s ‘Wild Australia Show’ Shaped Australian Aboriginal History; Excavating MacGregor: Re-connecting a colonial museum collection; Heritage of the Air: How aviation transformed Australia; Archaeology, Collections and Australian South Sea Islander Lived Identities; Sugarbags and Shellfish: Indigenous foodways in colonial Cape York Peninsula; and Ravenswood Archaeological Project.

WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL BRISBANEThe fourth annual World Science Festival Brisbane (WSFB) was held in March 2019 and included a flagship event in Brisbane (20–23 March) and regional engagement in Gladstone (1–2 March), Townsville (8–9 March), Ipswich (17–18 March), Toowoomba (22–23 March) and Chinchilla (29–30 March).

• WSFB generated 205,229 attendances, including a modest 2 per cent overall growth – a positive spike regionally. Through media, WSFP have reached a cumulative audience of one billion (valued at $18M ASR).

• The program consisted of 214 performances and 134 events.

• WSFB 2019 generated 91,922 event-related visitor nights and injected $11.45 million in direct and incremental spending to the Queensland economy.

• More than 80 per cent of attendees surveyed agreed that WSFB encouraged them to learn more about science.

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Objective 3: To be the most successful research museum in Australasia

RESEARCH• Biodiversity and Geoscience staff and honoraries have

published 99 peer-reviewed papers in ERA-approved journals along with popular articles, abstracts in both international and national conference papers, posters and technical reports. These studies have resulted in the description of 176 new species.

• Cultures and Histories staff and honoraries published 21 peer-reviewed publications and have progressed manuscripts for further publication based on research.

• The research expertise of QMN staff is recognised and, QMN researchers were among 172 of the world’s taxonomists from 35 countries to co-sign a seminal paper exploring the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol published in the journal Science (Issue 6396). This important paper will continue to exert a significant regulatory influence on biodiversity science and museum research.

• The QM Biodiversity Collections provide the most comprehensive specimen-based data on the fauna of Queensland. Collection data is provided to the Atlas of Living Australia, other online sites and partner organisations involved in biodiversity management. The data provided by museum researchers provide essential information to government and industry for the protection of biodiversity.

• QMN researchers provided input and expertise to the Nature Conservation Act 1992 amendments and the development of a research prospectus to guide biodiversity and geosciences studies on Cape York Peninsula in partnership with Aboriginal corporations.

• QMN biodiversity staff contributed to the listing of 112 Queensland herpetological species to the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of endangered species.

• The Museum’s unique capability to make assessments of the significance of our biodiversity at genetic, species and ecosystem levels was utilised by a surprisingly diverse range of researchers, from the Queensland Brain Institute to the Migaloo Press Artists Collective.

• QMN participated in the Council of Heads of Australian Faunal Collections – a body that provides vital information on leveraging funding and collaboration across the distributed national collections network in Australia.

• QM facilitates research partnerships with researchers from other museums and universities in Queensland, Australia and internationally. A total of 223 research visitors worked with curators and collection staff in Biodiversity and Geosciences across QMN.

• QMN researchers have responded to emerging biodiversity issues that can pose severe environmental and economic threats to Australia such as fire ants

and yellow crazy ants. Developing easy-to-use tools to more easily identify species and providing the training necessary to be able to identify species of ants has been a crucial contribution. Similarly, research staff are documenting the diversity of mites, some of which are important plant pests and have significant impacts.

• Conservators shared their expertise at the AICCM (Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material) conference Special Interest Group Symposium: ‘Fibre to Fabric, Fur Feathers and Finishes’.

• QMN and Shell’s QGC business partnership, Future Makers, have partnered with the University of Queensland on an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project that aims to investigate the impact of the high quality teacher professional development workshops run through the Future Makers program.

• Under the Inspiring Australia program, QMN partnered with the University of Southern Queensland to develop an evaluation framework and toolkit for running informal STEM clubs. The outcomes of this work have been included in a number of conference presentations and publications.

• Conservation staff completed the second year of an ARC grant project ‘Plastics in Collections’ including preliminary research work on the range and complexity of objects containing plastic within the QM Collection.

• The Australian Research Council (ARC) is a major source of research grant funding for QM academic staff. To qualify as named investigators on these grants QM staff are required to be cross-appointed with the university sector at a minimum of 20 per cent FTE. We will seek to maintain current cross-appointments (five MTQ senior curators cross-appointed at James Cook University, two QMS senior curators with Griffith University, one QMS senior curator at the University of Queensland) and investigate opportunities to create new partnerships.

• Through the QMN and JCU partnership, fieldwork was carried out in the Republic of Palau on coral systematics and biodiversity; a coral identification workshop was provided for Marine Parks and local conservation volunteers; and a public talk on QMN research on coral biodiversity research was delivered at the Lord Howe Island Museum.

• As part of QMN and Griffith University partnership, 18 environmental science students were mentored on a tropical field course in Malaysia, establishing international contacts with one of the premiere tropical research stations in the world.

• Through university partnerships QMN Palaeontologists utilised synchroton facilities to scan reptile specimens held in collections since 1915 to reinterpret extinction timelines.

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• QM has contributed to a new initiative from the University of Queensland where we provide placements for Research Higher Degree students in their final year. The intent is to broaden postgraduates and prepare them for their vocations.

• In conjunction with researchers at UQ, work on the Wild Australia ARC Linkage Grant project continued in 2018–19. A traveling exhibition, prepared by the Wild Australia team outside the auspices of QMN, travelled across regional Queensland. Work continued on the Heritage of the Air ARC Linkage Grant project with a PhD student situated at QM.

• A new ARC Linkage Project was commenced in partnership with the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland and Federation University, examining archaeology, collections and Australian South Sea Islander cultural landscapes in central Queensland.

• An ARC Linkage Project in partnership with Flinders University, The Trustee for the Western Cape Communities Trust, Chuulangun Aboriginal Corporation and Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council will examine Indigenous foodways in colonial Cape York Peninsula.

• A multidisciplinary team involving representatives from

QM, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Department of Environment and Science and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority participated in a project to recover the HMS Mermaid anchor. This important heritage item for Queensland will undergo extensive conservation before going on display at the MTQ.

• The Biodiversity program submitted five applications to the Federal Government’s Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) National Taxonomy Research Grants Scheme.

• Biodiversity and Geosciences staff applied for 13 grants and were successful in securing five with three still pending outcomes.

• Cultures and Histories staff continued working on peer-reviewed publications based on the Museum’s First World War collections to be published in Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Culture Volume 11.

• Volume 60 of the Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature was printed in November 2018, consisting of 387 pages. Early publication of Vol 61 as an online resource totalling 104 pages has been completed. This Memoirs series is available as an online resource and most of the articles are focused on research in Queensland.

Objective 4: To provide leadership and excellence in lifelong learning inspired by museum best practice

• Four new, curriculum-linked school programs were launched in 2019, reaching audiences of nearly 700 students for Semester 1.

• Cobb+Co is leading a trial focusing on more event-style learning based on feedback from teachers in Toowoomba.

• QM partnered with its Cultural Centre partners and Griffith University to present the Pacific Arts Association 13th International Symposium to Australia for the first time since 1993. More than 160 delegates from the Asia Pacific region attended 80 sessions and four keynote speaker presentations. Performances, diverse discussions, and knowledge shared about arts and arts practice helped create better awareness and understanding about the diversity of issues in the Pacific region.

• Using content from the Anzac Legacy Gallery, curatorial and learning staff developed an Augmented Reality App, utilising digital stories and interactivity linking to curriculum outcomes. The app was launched in June 2019 following user testing to ensure relevance to curriculum and suitability as a teaching approach.

• The Future Makers program partnership with Shell’s QGC business continues to provide regional access to QMN research and collections through face-to-face teacher workshops. In 2018–19, 11 teacher professional development workshops were held in the Western Downs and Gladstone regions, supporting 109 teachers from 29 schools. Three hundred and twenty-six regional students

were provided with direct access to a QM scientist in their classroom through the Future Makers program. More than 1,800 students also had the opportunity to interact with QM scientists at the Chinchilla and Gladstone student days of the World Science Festival Brisbane 2019.

• QM Loans exceeded its target of 800,000 users of loans kits this year, engaging 831,530 learners in classrooms, community events and education centres throughout Queensland. QM Loans produced 55 new kits in 2018–19 to support Australian curriculum learning outcomes, with 22 kits relating to sciences and 33 kits relating to history and social sciences (HASS). In addition, in March 2019, QM Loans commenced a 2.5-year project under the Project DIG partnership to produce a suite of 60 kits that support learning in Earth sciences. The first 9 kits currently in production will support learning for Year 6.

• A key aim of the Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH) is to encourage younger Australians to engage in STEM by promoting research at the humanities and STEM interface to inspire young learners in the process and excitement of scientific discovery. This will be achieved through loans kits related to the Centre’s core themes and linking directly to the Australian curriculum for science, history and geography. In consultation with Australian and Torres Strait Islander communities, the kits will contain items commissioned and/or produced by community members utilising traditional knowledge and didactics that explore ‘dual knowledge systems’ (dual ways of knowing).

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• The QMN Education Reference Group continues to grow in membership, with teachers from primary and secondary schools sharing their expertise across all of the subject areas to help us better cater to the needs of formal education audiences.

• QMN is committed to engaging and representing diverse audiences through raising awareness of the collections both internally and externally. To foster a community that shares, learns and grows the Repatriation Unit facilitated a visit by the Inala HIPPY (Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters from Inala Indigenous Health) of the QM’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections and the Secret Sacred Room.

• Presentations were delivered to University of Queensland students highlighting the role of Aboriginal cultural heritage and QMN’s repatriation program.

• A cultural workshop was held with the Barada Barna community at South Walker Creek Mine to develop a project plan for collaboration under the Project DIG partnership.

• In collaboration with Western Yalanji Aboriginal Corporation (WYAC), BHP, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, and Wet Tropics Management Authority, QM staff used photogrammetry to capture over 300 digital high-resolution images to create a 3D model of a rare, decaying dendroglyph in the Mt Windsor Tablelands. Digitally recording the symbolic scar tree of the Western Yalanji people is a significant part of Australia’s archaeological cultural heritage.

• In 2018–19 the Cultures and Histories Program, through its Museum Development Officer Program, engaged with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Queensland including: Jirrbal; Karingbal (Central Queensland); Butchulla; Yarrabah, Cherbourg; Palm Island; Napranum, and the Bundaberg Prescribed Body Corporate (including representatives from Byellee, Gurang, Gooreng Gooreng and Taribelang Bunda). Engagement continued with the Girringun Aboriginal Corporation, representing the Traditional owners from nine tribal groups: Bandjin, Djiru, Girramay, Gugu Badhun, Gulnay, Jirrbal, Nywaigi, Warrgamay and Warrungnu, and Torres Strait Island communities.

• Inquiry learning is at the heart of QM’s new SparkLab, Sciencentre where new interactive exhibits, changing programs and engagement with Learning Officers create opportunities for visitors aged 6–13 years to play, question, test, make observations, design solutions to challenges and share their ideas. Almost 2,000 (1897) Science Bar programs were delivered for 58,101 visitors. These visitor-led investigations explore density, vacuum chambers and air pressure, chemical reactions, combustion and flammable liquids, and acids and bases.

• New Sciencentres at MTQ, TWRM and Cobb+Co Museum were also opened in 2018–19 and are based on the SparkLab STEM principles.

• Seven regional hubs are supported by QMN and Inspiring Australia, bringing together representatives from schools, government, academia, industry and non-profit organisations to collaborate on the delivery of science engagement events in their local communities. These hubs delivered 46 local events in 2018–19, engaging thousands of regional Queenslanders with the wonder of science.

• QMN supported National Science Week in 2018 through events at all regional campuses, providing STEM challenges and events to over 1,200 school students and families. Events held at South Bank included a speaker from NASA, science theatre shows and a very popular museum sleepover.

• Through the Inspiring Australia program, QMN has partnered with the University of Southern Queensland to investigate the landscape of informal STEM activities run through science clubs. As part of this initiative, an evaluation framework, toolkit and resources were developed and trialled by 47 new and existing science clubs across Queensland.

• Discovery Day for Little Learners has been a new program addition at South Bank aiming to provide specialist STEM learning opportunities for our littlest visitors and their carers. Other programs across QMN include Little Cobbers at C+C, Little Nippers at TWRM and Little Explorers at MTQ for children under 6.

• The Wildlife Rangers Holiday Program held in Easter 2019 was C+C Museum’s biggest ever holiday program with 2,186 children attending from the ages of 3 to 12 years.

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Objective 5: To invest in QMN’s products, services, facilities, infrastructure and partnerships to create a sustainable business model

• During 2018–2019 SparkLab has welcomed 121,290 visitors since opening its doors on 17 September 2018, of which 96,268 were general visitors, 20,144 school visitors and 4,878 visitors in children’s groups. The SparkLab visitation target was 113,127.

• Queensland Museum retail has grown over the past five years to become one of the most profitable Australian museum shop groups. In 2018–19 Queensland Museum retail shops delivered a record performance, achieving $2.7M in revenue. Record attendances have helped this growth; however, spend per visitor has also increased more than 10 per cent from the previous financial year. Exhibition merchandise, children’s products and museum publications were the top performing products across the Network.

• QMN engaged Inspiring Cities to provide tourism and event packaging advice to the QM Board.

PARTNERSHIPS• In August 2018 QMN and BHP Billiton Group Operations

Pty Ltd entered into a unique agreement not seen before in Australia. Project DIG (Digital Infrastructure Growth) builds on a decade-long relationship between QMN and BHP to establish a five-year collaboration valued at $7.6M that will see our globally significant collection shared with the world. The project will bring advanced scientific imaging capabilities to QMN, seed new research projects, build new partnerships with government and industry, and through online portals provide access to the State Collection for researchers, students and communities all around the world.

• QMN contributed significantly to the development of a new augmented reality app released by the Department of Environment and Science (DES). The app, including images and metadata from the Museum Image Library, provides a virtual, on-park experience, including characters based on fauna found in the Gold Coast Hinterland.

• In addition, smaller research collaborations are ongoing with the University of Queensland, University of Southern Queensland, James Cook University, Griffith University and Queensland University of Technology.

• The $15.7M Anzac Legacy Gallery was developed thanks to generous contributions from the Queensland Government.

• World Science Festival Brisbane 2019 was generously supported by 32 partners including Queensland Government, Tourism and Events Queensland, Brisbane Marketing, Griffith Universality, QUT, The University of Queensland and BHP Foundation. All WSFB partnerships are premised on a shared vision, clearly articulated outcomes and measurable, mutually rewarding impact in STEM.

• QMN participated in the Departments of Housing and Public Works and Premiers and Cabinet’s whole-of-government panel establishment of the IT Management as a Service (ITMaaS) standing offer arrangement.

• QMN engaged Queensland Treasury Corporation to review and provide advice on improving commercial revenue and revenue generation at South Bank and the regional campuses. Improvements have been made for visitor offerings including food and beverage strategies and creating a multi-skilled team that can work across a number of areas during peak times.

DIGITAL SERVICES• QMN continued the implementation of the digitisation

program using the EzeScan systems and Network business practices to preserve physical records under the guidance of the Queensland State Archives digital recordkeeping principles and implementing and the General Retention and Disposal for Digital Source Records.

• The draft Queensland Museum Retention and Disposal Schedule for Museum Legacy Records for Queensland State Archives review in 2019-2020 was updated.

• QMN procured the services of an external supplier to manage security and maintenance of the QM Online Shop, Magneto. QM also developed and implemented a new backup service, replication, policy and data management to ensure business continuity and improved Disaster Recovery of QM’s critical information assets.

• Sixty-nine (69) per cent of our online visits now come from mobile or tablet devices. The most viewed collection objects in our Collections Online website were the ‘Lamonts Patent Bottle (H20409)’ and ‘Glass Bottle (H43453)’.

• Videos on our YouTube channel have been shared 1,223 per cent more compared to the previous years. Our most viewed video is titled Day Out with Thomas Preview. It has been shared 9,047 times, which accounts for 88.77 per cent of all video shares. Other popular videos are See what a ‘Day out with Thomas’ is like, Frog Calls (Queensland), Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives, and Displaying Insects.

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Objective 6: To ensure a rewarding, innovative and high performing workplace culture

• QMN’s Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan was reviewed and endorsed on 2 January 2019 by Reconciliation Australia. The Reconciliation Action Plan Working Group, consisting of a diverse range of staff members from all campuses and functions, continued progress against plan deliverables in consultation with QM Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Consultative Committee and the Board of the Queensland Museum.

• Volunteers remain crucial to the ongoing care and curation of our collections and operational business across the Network. QMN acknowledges and celebrates the significant contribution of its volunteers and will continue to maintain its substantial collaborative network. Honorary volunteers contributed 5,627 hours of their time to the Biodiversity and Geosciences Program during 2018–19 and contributed peer-reviewed publications under the banner of QMN. Twelve volunteers contributed to the Cultures and Histories Program.

• QMN’s organisational structure continues to evolve with work being undertaken to better align structures within approved budget.

• An Establishment Management Program has been established and vacancy reviews occur weekly between the CEO, CFO and Manager, HR & Organisational Development.

• Consultation with executive and management and staff to finalise the organisational structure is ongoing. QMN is working towards an implementation date of 1 October 2019 (in line with quarterly reporting).

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GOVERNANCEMANAGEMENT AND STRUCTUREORGANISATIONAL STRUCTUREOrganisational chart as at 30 June 2019

REGIONAL SERVICES

COBB+CO MUSEUM

THE WORKSHOPS RAIL MUSEUM

MUSEUM OF TROPICAL

QUEENSLAND

QUEENSLAND MUSEUM

BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM

TRUSTEES, QUEENSLAND MUSEUM

FOUNDATION TRUSTCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

QUEENSLAND MUSEUM

FOUNDATIONCHIEF OPERATING

OFFICERCHIEF FINANCIAL

OFFICERMARKETING &

COMMUNICATION PUBLIC PROGRAMS COLLECTIONS & RESEARCH

MAJOR PROJECTS

INFORMATION SERVICES

OPERATIONS

PEOPLE, CULTURE, STRATEGY

COMPLIANCE & PROJECTS

FINANCE MARKETING

MEDIA RELATIONS

GRAPHIC DESIGN

DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT

LIFELONG LEARNING

WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL

BRISBANE

QUEENSLAND MUSEUM FOUNDATION

EVENTS

EXHIBITIONS

CULTURES & HISTORIES

BIODIVERSITY & GEOSCIENCES

COLLECTION SERVICES

PUBLICATIONS & PHOTOGRAPHY

MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT

OFFICERS

REPATRIATION PROJECT

Queensland Museum is committed to and will continually evolve an organisational structure that promotes preservation, promotion and accessibility of our extensive collection.

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PUBLIC PROGRAMSThe Public Programs team comprise Exhibitions, Lifelong Learning, Foundation and Partnerships, World Science Festival Brisbane and Events. The Public Programs team is responsible for increasing visitation and audience engagement across all campuses of QMN. Audience engagement again grew significantly in 2018–2019.

2018–19 HIGHLIGHTS:

• Record engagement with visitation targets met at three campuses of QMN, and record visitation achieved at two campuses.

• Exhibitions included Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives, Monkeys! a Primate Story and NASA – A Human Adventure which were all very popular, with more than 277,000 visitors to the exhibition and supporting programs at South Bank during 2018–19.

• SparkLab, Sciencentre was opened on 17 September 2018. The new Sciencentre exhibition is Queensland Museum’s premier STEM exhibition and puts visitors into the role of being a scientist. SparkLab includes a number of objects from the QMN collection to show design improvements over time, or real world examples of a scientific concept. This concept was rolled out across all three regional campuses as part of their new Sciencentre offerings.

• Exhibitions and public programs at South Bank were popular with more than 6,827 people attending After Dark events, A Night at the Museum family friendly events and the annual Goodnight at the Museum sleep over event.

• Major exhibitions and events at our regional campuses included: Dinosaur rEvolution at the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Day out with Thomas at The Workshops Rail Museum (TWRM) and Alice’s Wonderland: A Most Curious Adventure at Cobb+Co Museum in Toowoomba.

• Futuremakers partnership delivered the new Learning Resources platform giving unprecedented access to resources, images, videos and collection objects

• World Science Festival Brisbane (WSFB) attracted 205,229 visitors resulting in record attendances of 69,019 at South Bank, 3,305 in Townsville, 2,020 in Toowoomba, 2748 in Ipswich, 7,142 in Gladstone and 3,044 in Chinchilla.

• In 2018–19, QMN secured $5.83M in cash and in-kind support from 34 corporate partners, including new partnerships with James Cook University, SEQ Water, PwC, Australia Antarctic Division.

COLLECTIONS AND RESEARCHThe Collections and Research team includes Biodiversity and Geosciences and Cultures & Histories, Collection Services including Conservation and the Collections and Research Resource Centre and regional services of Museum Development Officers. This diverse team is responsible for developing and caring for the collections, undertaking academic research to reveal the stories of Queensland’s natural and cultural environment, engaging directly with the public and communities of interest, and contributing operationally to exhibition content.

2018–19 HIGHLIGHTS

• The new Project Digital Infrastructure Growth (DIG) project established a ground-breaking five-year, $7.6M partnership with BHP to unlock the State Collection for research, students, and visitors in Queensland and globally. Project DIG will seed new research and community engagement opportunities by building the capacity of QMN to use innovative and emerging 3D imaging technologies. Through Project DIG, QMN will be able to further uncover, celebrate and value the distinctive natural and cultural environment of our region.

• Working in close collaboration with Traditional Owners, community and the Commonwealth Government, six blocks containing Aboriginal engravings (petroglyphs) were repatriated to the Bundaberg region four decades after their removal. QM officers were invited to present their learnings from this culturally significant project at the National Museum Repatriation Officers meeting.

• Our scientists and honoraries established an extraordinary 41 new genera and described a remarkable 176 species that were previously unknown to science. These featured a cavalcade of life including: mites, lace corals, insects, isopods, fossil rodents, fossil crustaceans, an amphipod, land snails, sponge, crab, fish, reptiles, frogs and, of course, spiders.

• The major five-year verification, valuation and re-valuation of the State collection in line with Queensland Audit Office requirements was completed. As part of the process, 1.15 million Vernon database records were updated.

• Arts Queensland funded Storage Upgrade Project completed its final year of works, creating both additional storage space and improving the quality of storage methods to ensure better long-term preservation. Over 163m3 of additional space was created for Entomology, Dry Invertebrates, Herpetology and Social History collections.

• QMN Collections & Research staff and honoraries published 120 peer-reviewed papers plus popular publications, book reviews and conference abstracts.

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• An MTQ honorary was part of the Under the Pole expedition team to discover the world’s deepest mesophotic coral, Leptoseris hawaiiensis, at -172 metres. 4,000 samples of mesophotic corals were collected by the divers during the expedition, representing the largest collection of its kind worldwide.

• Four new species of trapdoor spider were discovered by scientists from Queensland Museum and Griffith University. In a world first, the scientists have been able to positively identify these species of spider solely from the appearance of their burrow entrances, which has never been done before in a group of closely related trapdoor spider species.

• A QMN scientist’s drawings and detailed notes of a number of species of trapdoor and tarantula spiders are assisting the Museu Nacional in Rio de Janeiro to rebuild knowledge of the collection following the devastating museum fire, which destroyed parts of their collection.

OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITIES The Operations team is responsible for all Queensland Museum owned buildings. At South Bank, Queensland Museum is a tenant of Arts Queensland as part of the Queensland Cultural Centre. The team is responsible for ensuring that all works undertaken by Queensland Museum comply with the Building Code of Australia and with the relevant Australian Standards for building and maintenance works. This includes ensuring appropriate mechanisms are in place for the service inspection, completion and monitoring of maintenance and rectification works on existing buildings.

2018–19 HIGHLIGHT:

• improved commercial performance across all campuses, including significant growth in functions, events and venue hire activities

• team at TWRM hosting the production of a major US-based film production as an event hire arrangement

• overseeing the delivery of major maintenance program including works at a passenger lift replacement at Museum of Tropical Queensland, replacement of a café air-conditioning system at The Workshops Rail Museum and external building repairs and painting at Cobb+Co Museum.

CORPORATE SERVICESCorporate Services oversees key corporate and business functions including Human Resources and Organisational Development, Information Management and Information Technology (IMIT), Operations and Facilities, Retail Operations and Projects, and Risk and Safety.

2018–19 HIGHLIGHTS:

• HR - new governance structure developed (pending approval as at 30/6/19) to deliver greater alignment between organisational structure, accountability and outputs.

• IMIT - migration to ‘cloud’ progressed to enhance resiliency and security with upgrade of email to 0ffice365 and Skype for Business. ‘Cloud’ hosted Learning Resource platform delivered, integrating five collection and digital asset databases with new search platform. Wifi (wireless networking infrastructure) delivered to all campuses, providing improved access for customers.

• Retail - achieved record revenue of $2.7M, with high net profit margin at 26 per cent. This sets a new revenue record by more than $400,000. The previous record was set in 2017–18.

• Projects - completion of three multi-year capital projects at South Bank, including the exhibitions and gallery redevelopment work.

• Risk and Safety - review undertaken to improve integration of QMN risk framework to operations, Intellectual Property and redrafting of key policies including Procurement and Delegations. Safety risks managed proactively in accordance with the Workplace Health and Safety Act 2011.

• For most of 2018–19, QMN Finance has been part of corporate services. However with the appointment of the new Chief Financial Officer in 2019, this function will now report directly to the CFO.

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NAME ROLETERM OF APPOINTMENT

NUMBER OF MEETINGSATTENDED

APPROVED ANNUAL,

SESSIONAL OR DAILY FEE

ACTUAL FEES

RECEIVED2018

ACTUAL FEES

RECEIVED2019

Mr David Conry Chairperson and member

6 March 2014 – 31 May 2019

5 $20,000 $18,461

Mr Maurie McNarn AO Member 6 March 2014 – 31 May 2020

6 $7,000 $7,000

Mr Tim Forrester Member 6 March 2014 – 31 May 2019

4 $7,000 $5,518

Ms Sharon Schoenborn Member 6 March 2014 – 11 December 2018

3 $7,000 $3,500

Mr David Williams Member 6 March 2014 – 31 May 2020

6 $7,000 $7,000

Dr Geoff Ginn Member 1 June 2017 - 31 May 2020

6 $7,000 $7,000

Ms Cathi Taylor Member 1 June 2017 – 31 May 2020

6 $7,000 $7,000

No. Scheduled meetings/sessions

TOTAL OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES $97.80

BOARD OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM The Queensland Museum Act 1970 provides that the Board consists of the number of members appointed by the Governor in Council. In appointing a member, regard must be had to the person’s ability to contribute to the Board’s performance and the implementation of its strategic and operational plans. A person is not eligible for appointment as a member if the person is not able to manage a corporation under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). Members are appointed for terms of not more than three years and are eligible for reappointment upon expiry of their terms. Members are appointed on the conditions decided by the Governor in Council.

The Board met for six (6) ordinary meetings in 2018–19.

Members of the Board during the year were:

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MR DAVID CONRY (CHAIR)(until 31 May 2019)

David is Managing Director of Damarcon, a private advisory and investment business. He contributes more broadly to the community as Chair of Brisbane Powerhouse and holds non-executive directorships or board roles with The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, PHN Country to Coast and Inclusive Brisbane. David personally has a strong community focus and was awarded the honour of Queensland’s Australian of the Year 2007 and EY Social Entrepreneur of the Year for his work in founding the national disability organisation Youngcare. He is an Australia Day Ambassador and continues to provide support and advice to many Queensland not-for-profit organisations and remains a strong advocate for those with disabilities.

MR MAURIE MCNARN AOFAICD, FDC; MBA, MDefS, GDipTSM, GDipMngtS, BA(Hons)

Maurie retired from the Army as a Major-General in 2009. Some of his appointments included National Commander Iraq, Gulf and Afghanistan, Head of the Defence Intelligence Organisation, Director-General Joint Operations, Head of Personnel, Head of Training (National RTO), Communications/IT and Head of the Royal Military College. From 2009 to 2016 he was the Chief Operating Officer at the University of Queensland responsible for Finance, Commercial Operations/Entities, Planning/Strategy, IT, Construction, Property, HR, Marketing and Communications, Senate (Board) Secretary, Governance, Legal, Risk, Internal Audit and Investigations. He also sat on the Boards of the UQ Holding Company Ltd (Commercial Entities), Uniseed Management Pty (Venture Capital) and the Women’s College.

Maurie chairs QM’s Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee.

MR TIM FORRESTER(until 31 May 2019)

Tim founded ARIA Property Group in 2003. Tim studied Property Economics at Queensland University of Technology and recently completed the Australian Owner Manager Program from The University of Queensland Business School. Tim is a member of the Urban Development Institute of Australia and has been on the Board of the Property Council of Australia. ARIA Property Group is responsible for significant re-development projects that are transforming Brisbane’s South Bank.

BOARD MEMBERS

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MS SHARON SCHOENBORN GAICD

(until 11 December 2018)

Sharon is a Director of Sales and Marketing for Microsoft Australia. She previously held the role of Queensland State Director for Microsoft and is a trustee for the Committee for Economic Development of Australia. Sharon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Master of Science degree in Organisational Leadership. She brings 18 years of experience in the information technology industry to QMN.

MR DAVID WILLIAMSBMus

David is the Co-founder and Director of Gilimbaa. He has served as an Indigenous Advisor for Opera Australia and an Indigenous Advisory Group Member for Brisbane Festival. He is currently a member of the Microsoft Reconciliation Action Plan Advisory Group and Indigenous Advisory Group Member for the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art. David chairs the Queensland Museum’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Consultative Committee.

DR GEOFF GINN BA (Hons I) PhD

Geoff is a historian at The University of Queensland. An active public historian, former heritage consultant and author of many books on history, he was a Chevening Scholar to the UK in 1995-6 before completing his PhD in 2001. He was a Chief Investigator on ARC Linkage Grant (2007–2010) to develop the innovative online Queensland Historical Atlas (qhatlas.com.au). He is a member of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland and the Australian Historical Association, the Queensland Working Party for the Australian Dictionary of Biography (2008–present) and a former Treasurer of the Professional Historians Association (Queensland).

MS CATHI TAYLORBSocStud, MTP, AICD (from 1 June 2017)

Cathi held senior executive roles in the Queensland Government departments of the Premier and Cabinet, Environment, and Transport and Main Roads, and was previously a Clerk of the Executive Council and the Information Commissioner for Queensland. Cathi is an Executive Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government. While living in London in 2011–17, Cathi was a Trustee for the Royal Flying Doctor Service – UK charity, co-convenor of the Inspiring Women Reflect programme, Chairman of the University of Sydney UK Alumni Association, and convenor of art history programmes conducted in London’s major public galleries and museums.

A new Chair and three additional members were appointed on 1 August 2019 for a three-year term. They were Professor Margaret Sheil AO (Chair), Valmay Hill, Professor Bronwyn Harch and Janine Griffiths.

Further information regarding the Board members and remuneration can be accessed at

www.network.qm.qld.gov.au/About+Us/Corporate+information/Board.

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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENTDR JIM THOMPSONBSc (Hons), M.Res. Sc., PhD, Grad Cert Exec.Lead., PSM

Chief Executive Officer Queensland Museum Network

Jim joined the Queensland Museum Network in September 2017 as Acting CEO and Director. Prior to this appointment he was Queensland’s Chief Biosecurity Officer and Officer-in-charge of Biosecurity Queensland within the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. Jim has thirty years of experience across five government agencies in NSW and Queensland including 14 years in scientific research focussed on livestock and wildlife management, 12 years as a senior leader in government and 7 years in senior executive roles. Jim has been a member and Chair of numerous state and national committees, with a particular focus on science and policy leadership, and has worked extensively with non-government industry bodies and stakeholders. Jim is an Executive Fellow of the Australia and New Zealand School of Government.

JIM GRAYSONLLB, LLM, ACIS, PostGradDipComm, F Fin

Chief Operating Officer (June 2018)

Jim oversees the areas of corporate services and operations. Prior to joining the museum, Jim was the Chief Executive Officer of Gladstone Area Water Board (GAWB). Jim’s past experience includes time as a solicitor in private legal practice and with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in roles that involved the insurance and superannuation sectors.

He is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia and an Associate of the Governance Institute of Australia. He has served on various boards and committees including the Gladstone Economic Industry Development Board (2006 to 2012); as Chair of the AWA Water Management Law and Policy Specialist Network Committee (2012 to 2014); and as a director of Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA), the peak body of the Australian urban water industry (2012–2015).

PATRICE FOGARTYDirector, Public Programs

Working extensively in public engagement, events, sponsorship and strategic communication, Patrice Fogarty joined QMN in July 2018. She has held senior positions across the Queensland Public Service, including Director of Operations – Arts and Culture with the Office of Commonwealth Games, Director of Events for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC), and most recently, Director of External Affairs, DPC. She has also held Executive Director roles with DPC including Strategic Engagement and Protocol overseeing the events, marketing, design and media teams and Protocol Queensland, with responsibility for trade missions, official visits and crisis communication.

Working across all four campuses at QMN, Patrice has responsibility for Exhibitions, Learning, Foundation and Events, including World Science Festival Brisbane.

DEBBIE DRAPERB.Bus, CPA

Chief Finance Officer Queensland Museum Network

Debbie joined QMN in April 2019, having worked across government entities, not-for-profit and commercial sectors, she oversees the finance teams. Debbie joins QMN following two years as the CFO for Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Prior to this, she was the CFO for Queensland Symphony Orchestra.

In these roles, Debbie was instrumental in balancing the artistic performance against financial sustainability incorporating philanthropic outcomes. Debbie also spent a number of years as a finance manager in the private sector. She has led diverse teams across a range of functions including finance and accounting, human resources, external stakeholder engagement and strategy and IT functions.

Debbie has previously held board roles including the Finance Director on the Board of Netball Queensland and she is a Certified Practicing Accountant and member of CPA Australia.

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DR ROBERT ADLARDBSc (Hons), PhD, FASP

Acting Director of Collections, Research, Cultures and Histories, Head of Marine Environments

Rob joined QMN in 1996 and oversees the activities of the curatorial and collection management staff in Biodiversity and Geosciences Program and Cultures and Histories Program and Collections. Rob is a biologist and marine parasitologist with research focused on the identity and impact of parasites not only in wild populations, but also has a keen interest in reducing the impact of parasitic disease on the production of fish and shellfish in aquaculture. Rob was awarded Fellowship of the Australian Society for Parasitology (ASP) for his contribution to parasitology in Australia and his contribution to the Society. He was on the National Executive Council of the ASP for three years and a Council member for a further three years.

PETER MCLEODB Agricultural Science

Director of Strategic Plans

Peter joined QM in 2005 and held the position of Director of MTQ in Townsville until 2015. In 2018 Peter was appointed as Director of Operations, however since January 2019 has been assisting the CEO with Strategic Projects, primarily the development of a long-term masterplan for Queensland Museum. Peter has previously worked in senior management roles at regional museums in outback Queensland and prior to this worked on natural resource management projects in regional areas of Victoria, Western Australia and Queensland.

ELIZABETH GEHDEB.Journalism and Marketing

Head of Marketing and Media

Elizabeth oversees the portfolios of marketing, media and social media, graphic design and audience research across all four campuses. Elizabeth has been at Queensland Museum since 2015. Prior to QMN, Elizabeth has worked in industries including superannuation, transport, infrastructure and local government. Previous roles include Brand Manager at the Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club, Acting Director of Road Safety Advertising in Transport and Main Roads and roles at Museum of Brisbane and Brisbane City Council.

QMN Leadership Team (L-R) Peter McLeod, Dr Jim Thompson, Debbie Draper, Patrice Fogarty, Elizabeth Gehde, Jim Grayson and Dr Robert Adlard

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FINANCE, AUDIT AND RISK MANAGEMENT COMMITTEEThe Finance Audit and Risk Management Committee (FARMC) is responsible for analysis and review of QMN’s audit and risk management functions. Its role is to assist the Board in overseeing QMN’s budget, financial reporting, internal control, audit and risk management activities. FARMC operates according to its charter and terms of reference and has due regard to Queensland Treasury’s Audit Committee Guidelines.

FARMC met nine (9) times during 2018–19: in July, August, September, October and December 2018 and February, March, May and June 2019.

FARMC considered matters including:

• Financial and Audit reports, internal and external

• Key QMN Policies of relevance to the role of FARMC

• Performance of key projects, including WSFB 2019, international travelling exhibitions and Collection Storage Upgrade

• QMN Risk Register, new key risks and changes to risk ratings

• Workplace Health and Safety reports

• Collection and Records Management reports.

Members of the committee during the year and record of attendance are as follows:

NAME ROLE ON COMMITTEE

NUMBER OF MEETINGS ATTENDED

NUMBER OF MEETINGS

ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND

APPROVED ANNUAL,

SESSIONAL OR DAILY FEE

ACTUAL FEES RECEIVED

2018–19 Maurie McNarn AO Chairperson and member 10 10 $2,500 $2,500

Dr Geoff Ginn Member 9 10 $1,800 $1,800

Cathi Taylor Member 10 20 $1,800 $1,800

Dr Jim Thompson Member 9 10

Jim Grayson QM observer 10 10

Chilly Lu QM observer 3 4

Martin Linnane QM observer 7 10

Greg Evans QM observer 5 7

Kirsten Herring QM observer 1 2 -

Debbie Draper QM Observer 2 3

Jenny Parker External Advisor (Ernst and Young) 9 10 * $5,076

* N.B Jenny Parker is an External Advisor of FARMCC and is paid $230 per hour capped at 4 hours per meeting, excluding GST for up to 12 meetings per year.

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QUEENSLAND MUSEUM ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (QMATSICC)QMATSICC advises the Board on the management and protection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural material and cultural heritage and all matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

In addition to these duties, the Board has requested QMATSICC guide it closely in all matters pertaining to the Repatriation Fund, including assessing and approving applications for financial and administrative resources in order to coordinate community gatherings and ceremonial requirements necessary to complete the repatriation process.

QMATSICC met three times during the year. Members do not receive remuneration for their services.

NAMEROLE ON COMMITTEE TERM OF APPOINTMENT

NUMBER OF MEETINGS ATTENDED

NUMBER OF MEETINGS

ELIGIBLE TO ATTEND

Mr David Williams Chairperson and member

12 September 2018 – 11 September 2020

2 2

Mr Phillemon Mosby Member 12 September 2018 – 11 September 2020

2 2

Ms Nancy Bamaga Member 12 September 2018 – 11 September 2020

1 2

Mr Dion Tatow Member 12 September 2018 – 11 September 2020

1 2

Associate Professor Henrietta Marrie Member 14 December 2018 – 13 December 2020

2 2

Dr Jim Thompson, CEO, QMN Ex-officio member – 2 2

Dr Robert Adlard, A/Director of Collections and Research, QMN

Ex-officio member – 2 2

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QUEENSLAND MUSEUM FOUNDATIONThe Queensland Museum Foundation was founded in 2003 to coordinate fundraising and development opportunities for QMN. QMN receives approximately 60 per cent of its annual operating budget from the Queensland Government. Self-generated revenue from ticket sales, expert consultancies, research grants, and support from partners and donors enables QMN to invest in new initiatives to create compelling museum experiences.

The Queensland Museum Foundation’s financial reports are prepared by the Board and audited by the Queensland Audit Office. The transactions of the Queensland Museum Foundation are accounted for in the financial statements of the Board. Information regarding the Queensland Museum Foundation’s members and remuneration can be accessed at http://www.network.qm.qld.gov.au/About+Us/Foundation/About.

PUBLIC SECTOR ETHICSThe Chair and members of the Board, the Director and all staff are bound by the whole-of-government Code of Conduct for the Queensland Public Service under the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 as amended.

Code of Conduct and health and safety training is embedded into induction processes for all new employees, and all continuing staff complete online refresher training on an annual basis. The Museum’s online learning tool is interactive and allows staff to undertake basic routine training at their own pace and at a convenient time. Managers and supervisors are invited to attend Reasonable Management Action training sessions to assist with their understanding and application of ethics principles and how they apply to human resource policy and procedures.

In addition to this, the Office of the Queensland Ombudsman facilitated Public Interest Disclosure training to all staff across the Network and concluded in September 2018. General Awareness sessions were attended by the majority of staff. Manager workshops were developed and attended by senior management and executives.

The Museum’s administrative procedures and management practices are developed and conducted having regard to the ethics principles and values set out in the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 and the Code of Conduct.

QUEENSLAND PUBLIC SERVICE VALUES In 2018–19, action taken to implement the Queensland public service values across the Network included:

• Customers first – identifying and responding to customer needs by engaging employees through tailored recruitment activities which embed the Queensland Governments Capability and Leadership Framework.

• Ideas into action – new ideas are encouraged and harnessed through consultation processes. Opportunities are also provided to employees to participate in organisational wide initiatives and programs. A Workforce Advisory Group (WAG) has been established to facilitate discussion and two-way communication between employees and management.

• Unleash potential – we have created an environment which allows employees to attain their potential through participation in the performance planning processes, providing clarity of performance goals and expectations.

• Be courageous – we have focussed on integrity and ethics across the Network, providing staff with the skills and knowledge to demonstrate ownership, act with transparency and take accountability of actions, successes and mistakes.

• Empower people – our leaders are continually seeking to empower individuals and supports employee participation in the Working for Queensland (WfQ) annual survey.

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RISK MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITYINTERNAL AUDITAn internal audit function is carried out on QMN’s behalf by the Corporate Administration Agency (CAA). The internal audit function is an integral part of the corporate governance framework by which the Queensland Museum maintains effective systems of accountability and control. The role of the internal audit function is to:

• conduct operational (i.e. ‘value for money’) audits to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of systems and the employment of resources

• assess whether systems of internal control are adequate and are functioning effectively and economically

• determine the extent of compliance with established policies, procedures and legislation

• provide advice on the integrity and consistency of corporate culture relative to ethical conduct and probity

• provide such advice and assistance to the Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee, CEO and management in a consulting capacity as approved by the Board.

The Queensland Museum’s 2018–2019 Annual Audit Plan was prepared in accordance with:

• Financial Accountability Act 2009

• Section 31(2) (b) of the Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009 (FPMS).

The internal audit operates under a charter consistent with relevant audit and ethical standards and has due regard to Queensland Treasury’s Audit Committee Guidelines.

The internal audit function is independent of management and the external auditors and is overseen by the Finance Audit and Risk Management Committee.

In 2018–19 eight audits were completed including:

• Working with Children / Blue Card

• Collection Management

• Record Management

• Corporate Card Policy and Processes

• Entertainment

• Recruitment and Selection

• Corporate Card Transactions

• Receipting/Banking, Queensland Museum including SparkLab, Sciencentre.

EXTERNAL SCRUTINYThe Board of the Queensland Museum was not subject to any external audits or reviews during the financial year (other than the audit report on the financial statements).

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INFORMATION SYSTEMSRECORD KEEPING, RIGHT TO INFORMATION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND SECURITY REPORTING QMN complies with the provisions of the Public Records Act 2002, Information Standard 40: Recordkeeping and Information Standard 31: Retention and Disposal of Public Records.

The Museum uses the electronic document recordkeeping management (eDRMS), HPE CM9.1 as their recordkeeping system which is widely used in government and staff receive training in recordkeeping principles and practices and the use of the eDRMS system. The Recordkeeping Unit is managed by an appropriately skilled officer who has developed a sound framework including the development of a Business Classification Scheme and Records Retention Schedules.

During 2018–2019 the Network:

• retained the Museum’s public records in accordance with the Queensland General Retention and Disposal schedule and the Queensland Museum Retention and Disposal Schedule

• introduced ‘PaperLite’ for digitised source documentation in accordance to the General Retention and Disposal for Digital Source Records

• continued the implementation of the digitisation program using the EzeScan systems and Network business practices to preserve physical records under the guidance of the Queensland State Archives digital recordkeeping principles and implementing and the General Retention and Disposal for Digital Source Records

• with the assistance of the records volunteers program (four volunteers covering five days) continued digitisation of Queensland Museum records including geological surveys, research documentation, human resource management, workplace health and safety, collections – loans and donations, repatriation and exhibition graphic designs for improved access and long-term preservation

• updated draft Queensland Museum Retention and Disposal Schedule for Museum Legacy Records for Queensland State Archives review in 2019–2020

• implemented monthly recordkeeping and training awareness sessions for all staff in registering records in the new upgraded eDRMS. More than 97 Sessions were run and 404 staff (including volunteers) accessed training in the eDRMS service

• continued to train new staff and present education programs for the Network on recordkeeping and HPE CM9.1 to promote our responsibilities, as well as best practice records management

• conducted file audits of Queensland Museum records across the Network, in alignment with the Queensland Government Information Standard principles.

Our disclosure log http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Footer/Right+to+Information/Disclosure+log provides details of information that has been released in response to non-personal Right to Information requests. It contains a description of the information released and, where possible, a link to the relevant documents. As the Right to Information Act 2009 commenced on 1 July 2009, no information has been included for disclosures prior to this date.

The Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and other legislative reporting are incorporated into the Queensland Museum Information Security Incident reporting response. There were no reported data breaches in 2018–2019.

HUMAN RESOURCESWORKFORCE PLANNING AND PERFORMANCEAs at 30 June 2019, QMN’s workforce was constituted of 256.32 full-time equivalent staff. The separation rate for permanent employees was 9.04 per cent (16 permanent employees from 177 permanent staff).

Queensland Museum Network recognises the importance of engaging a flexible, agile and client-orientated workforce. Key strategies have included:

• continuing to evolve the Museum’s organisational structure to ensure greater alignment to our organisational priorities

• implementing high-level human resource reporting across the Museum. This include workforce demographical data that shows our performance against public service diversity targets including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

• ongoing annual reviews of temporary staff who have been engaged temporarily for at least two years

• an ongoing commitment to balance work and personal commitments by providing flexible working initiatives such as part-time employment, telecommuting and career breaks. The museum’s employment profile currently includes 35 per cent part-time employees

• QMN diversity statistics for 2018–2019 include women in senior positions 35.7 per cent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people 0.79 per cent, people with disabilities 2.65 per cent and non-English speaking background 7.43 per cent

• working for Queensland survey responses for 2018–2019 was only 55 per cent, a decrease in responses of 20 per cent from 2017–2018. Establishment data included casuals who had not participated in surveys to date. The increase in head count means, therefore, that potential response rates have impacted the participation rate.

• ongoing learning and professional development for all employees, through face-to-face delivery and online learning platforms. Lunchbox sessions are offered to all staff. These workshops include training and information in relation to transition to retirement, career planning, job applications and interviews

• partnering with our colleagues across the Cultural Centre to deliver a shared Corporate Induction session, encouraging new staff to network with their Centre colleagues, share ideas and create opportunities

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• undertaking annual personal performance planning (PPP) process for every employee to provide clarity of performance expectations, align to strategic objectives, and engage in feedback and support

• meeting quarterly with employees and members of the Agency Consultative Committee to discuss a broad range of topics including workplace change, policy reviews as well as existing and/or emerging employee relation issues with senior management

• raising awareness of the LGBTIQ+ QMN Community through information, stories and a commitment to work with our Cultural Centre partners to achieve Rainbow Tick Accreditation

• Museum employees are extremely community focused and are often initiating fundraising activities across locations to raise much needed support and awareness. Some of these have included Holy Trinity Pantry, Red Cross, Ronald McDonald House and Best Christmas Possible. Museum staff are also committed to the environment and being sustainable and have implemented a weekly plastic and rubbish collection walk during their lunch breaks around the Cultural Centre in an attempt to raise awareness about the environmental impacts to our natural environments. Staff also supported the Townsville community and our MTQ colleagues after the severe weather event in February 2019.

WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETYQMN is committed to providing and maintaining a healthy and safe working environment for all employees, volunteers, contractors and visitors. The Museum achieves this through campus safety committees at each site, a robust framework of policies and procedures, incident/ hazard reporting and risk assessment. Regular QMN Board reports are supplied bi-monthly and provide oversight of the WHS performance of the organisation. Highlights include:

• Actively promoting health and well being initiatives and tools to staff. Activities during 2018–19 have included staff funded regular in-house seated massages and employer funded annual flu vaccination program. We recognise the benefits of working collaboratively with injured or sick employees and offer graduated return to work programs that are designed to transition employees back to the workplace.

• Offering a range of programs and initiatives to assist mental health and wellbeing across the Network and engaging Benestar as our Employee Assistance Provider. Benestar provides confidential support to employees who may be experiencing difficulties either personally or professionally. We have also nominated a mental health first aid officer for the organisation.

• Several museum employees are nominated as Harassment & Referral Officers (HROs), First Aid Officers and Health & Wellbeing Champions at each of our campuses. Employees are also encouraged and invited to participate in the Rainbow Network for the Cultural Centre, which is designed to promote and raise awareness regarding LGBTIQ+ initiatives.

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OPEN DATA DISCLOSURE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONQMN publishes the following information reporting requirements on the Queensland Government Open Data website (https://data.qld.gov.au) in lieu of inclusion in the annual report:

Queensland Museum Network Consultancies 2018–19

Queensland Museum Network Overseas Travel 2018–19

Queensland Museum Network Grants 2018–19

Appendix 1: Queensland Museum Network Publications 2018–19

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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCESUMMARY OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCEThis financial summary provides an overview of the Queensland Museum's financial performance and position for 2018-19. A more detailed analysis is provided in the audited financial statements included in this annual report.

2019 $'000

2018 $'000

Variance Current and prior

Variance %

Total Income from Continuing Operations 58,858 56,033 2,825 5.04%

Total Expenses from Continuing Operations 54,167 50,138 4,029 8.04%

Operating Result from Continuing Operations 4,691 5,895

2019 2018

$'000 $'000

Total Assets 638,408 641,745 (3,337) -0.52%

Total Liabilities 4,452 5,102 (650) -12.74%

Total Equity 633,956 636,643

INCOME (CONTINUING OPERATIONS)For the 2018-19 financial year, an overall increase in income of $2.825 million (5.04%) from the previous year was recorded, primarily due to higher user charges revenue and State Government special project grants. The opening of the new Sparklab (Sciencentre) and the popular NASA - A Human Adventure exhibition have contributed significantly, while special grants from the State governement continue to support major projects and events.

Grants and Other Contributions $41,192

Depreciation grant $926

Donated assets (State Collection) $809

Investment income $655

Rent received below fair value $3,026

Other $542

User charges $11,708

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EXPENSESFor the 2018-19 financial year, an increase in expenses of $4.029 million (8.04%) from the previous year was recorded, primarily due to special exhibition and special project costs around exhibition fees, contractors and employee expenses, with the latter also impacted by wage case and pay-point increases.

Employee Expenses $27,594

Other Expenses $1,167

Supplies and Services $17,498

Rent supplied below fair value $3,026

Depreciation and amortisation $4,882

Heritage and cultural assets $546,478

Plant and equipment Other $3,462

Plant and equipment Exhibitions $12,084

Current Assets $12,160 Non-current financial assets $3,515

Intangible assets $219

Land $11,125

Buildings $49,365

ASSETS (CONTINUING OPERATIONS)As at 30 June 2019, total assets were valued at $638.408 million, which amounted to a decrease of $3.337 million (0.52%) from the previous year. This movement was substantially due to net movement in Heritage & Cultural assets.

Accrued employee benefits $2,921

Unearned Revenue $370 Payables $1,161LIABILITIESAs at 30 June 2019, total liabilities were $4.452 million, a decrease of $0.650 million (12.74%) from the previous year. The Queensland Museum is not a part of the State's Annual Leave Central Scheme and as such is required to manage annual leave liability internally. Employee entitlements are higher, primarily due to increased Employee expenses with lower Payables representative of the completion of major projects including, Sparklab (Sciencentre) and Anzac Legacy Gallery.

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52 STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

53 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

53 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

54 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

56 NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

73 CERTIFICATE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

74 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

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Economic Entity Parent Entity

2019Actual

2019Original Budget

Budget

Variance*

2018Actual

2019Actual

2018Actual

Notes $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

User charges and fees 4 11,708 12,073 (365) 9,682 11,708 9,682

Grants and other contributions 5 42,927 44,221 (1,294) 42,102 43,108 41,840

Other revenue 6 4,130 433 3,697 4,107 4,105 4,085

Unrealised gains on funds invested with QIC 93 190 (97) 142 93 142

Total Income from Continuing Operations 58,858 56,917 1,941 56,033 59,014 55,749

EXPENSES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

Employee expenses 7 27,594 26,616 (978) 26,891 27,594 26,891

Supplies and services 8 17,498 24,840 7,342 15,683 17,504 15,683

Depreciation and amortisation 9 4,882 4,889 7 3,675 4,882 3,675

Other expenses 10 4,193 572 (3,621) 3,889 4,194 3,883

Total Expenses from Continuing Operations 54,167 56,917 2,750 50,138 54,174 50,132

Operating Result from Continuing Operations 4,691 - 4,691 5,895 4,840 5,617

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to Operating Result: Increase (decrease) in asset revaluation surplus

15

(5,702)

-

(5,702)

24,003

(5,702)

24,003

Total Comprehensive Income (1,011) - (1,011) 29,898 (862) 29,620

*An explanation of major variances is included at Note 20. The accompanying notes form part of these statements.

Board of the Queensland Museum STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME for the year ended 30 June 2019

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Economic Entity Parent Entity

2019Actual

2019Original Budget

Budget

Variance

2018Actual

2019Actual

2018Actual

Notes $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

CURRENT ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents 11 7,715 5,307 2,408 7,670 6,542 6,897

Receivables 3,557 1,504 2,053 2,726 3,556 2,176

Inventories – Museum Shop 552 622 (70) 636 552 636

Other 336 26 310 282 336 282

Total Current Assets 12,160 7,459 4,701 11,314 10,986 9,991

NON CURRENT ASSETS

Other financial assets – QIC Growth Fund 3,515 3,694 (179) 3,438 3,515 3,438

Intangible assets 219 361 (142) 439 219 439

Property, plant and equipment 12 622,514 630,825 (8,311) 626,554 622,514 626,554

Total Non Current Assets 626,248 634,880 (8,632) 630,431 626,248 630,431

Total Assets 638,408 642,339 (3,931) 641,745 637,234 640,422

CURRENT LIABILITIES

Payables 13 1,161 1,990 829 2,364 1,161 2,364

Accrued employee benefits 14 2,921 2,563 (358) 2,738 2,921 2,738

Unearned Revenue 370 - (370) - 370 -

Total Current Liabilities 4,452 4,553 101 5,102 4,452 5,102

Total Liabilities 4,452 4,553 101 5,102 4,452 5,102

Net Assets 633,956 637,786 (3,830) 636,643 632,782 635,320

EQUITY

Accumulated surplus 158,231 152,965 5,266 155,216 157,057 153,893

Asset revaluation surplus 15 475,725 484,821 (9,096) 481,427 475,725 481,427

Total Equity 633,956 637,786 (3,830) 636,643 632,782 635,320

*An explanation of major variances is included at Note 20 The accompanying notes form part of these statements.

Board of the Queensland Museum STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION as at 30 June 2019

ACCUMULATED SURPLUS

ASSET REVALUATION SURPLUS

CONTRIBUTED EQUITY TOTAL

Economic Entity

Parent Entity

Economic Entity

Parent Entity

Economic Entity

Parent Entity

Economic Entity

Parent Entity

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

Balance as at 1 July 2017 150,247 149,202 457,424 457,424 - - 607,671 606,626

Operating Result from Continuing Operations 5,895 5,617 - - 5,895 5,617

Other Comprehensive Income: Increase/(decrease)

Heritage and Cultural assets - - 21,338 21,338 21,338 21,338

Land - - (25) (25) (25) (25)

Buildings - - 2,690 2,690 2,690 2,690

Transactions with Owners as Owners:

Equity withdrawal (926) (926) - - (926) (926)

Balance at 30 June 2018 155,216 153,893 481,427 481,427 - - 636,643 635,320

Balance as at 1 July 2018 155,216 153,593 481,427 481,427 - - 636,643 635,320

Operating Result from Continuing Operations 4,691 4,840 - - 4,691 4,840

Other Comprehensive Income:Increase/(decrease)

Heritage and Cultural assets - - (5,693) (5,693) (5,693) (5,693)

Buildings - (9) (9) (9) (9)

Transactions with Owners as Owners:

Equity withdrawal (926) (926) - - (926) (926)

Net transfer to/from Contributed Equity (750) (750) (750) (750)

Balance as at 30 June 2019 158,231 157,057 475,725 475,725 - - 633,956 632,782

The accompanying notes form part of these statements.

Board of the Queensland Museum STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY for year ended 30 June 2019

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Economic Entity Parent Entity

2019 Actual

2019 Original Budget

Budget

Variance

2018 Actual

2019 Actual

2018 Actual

Notes $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Inflows:

User charges and fees 11,654 11,837 (183) 9,240 11,654 9,240

Grants and contributions 41,852 39,503 2,349 39,607 41,429 39,567

GST collected from customers 1,316 - 1,316 895 1,371 1,012

GST input tax credits from ATO 2,307 - 2,307 1,904 2,307 1,904

Interest receipts 261 325 (64) 440 (563) 419

Other 560 108 452 654 1,359 653

Outflows:

Employee expenses (27,413) (26,616) (797) (26,694) (27,413) (26,694)

Supplies and services (18,617) (21,778) 3,161 (15,299) (18,623) (15,249)

GST paid to suppliers (2,067) - (2,067) (1,849) (2,067) (1,849)

GST remitted to ATO (1,591) - (1,591) (809) (1,591) (809)

Other (894) (572) (322) (747) (895) (741)

Net cash provided by operating activities CF-1. 7,368 2,807 4,561 7,342 6,968 7,453

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Inflows:

Sale of investments 16 - 16 18 16 18

Outflows:

Payments for property, plant and equipment (6,413) (2,272) (4,141) (4,463) (6,413) (4,463)

Net cash used in investing activities (6,397) (2,272) (4,125) (4,445) (6,397) (4,445)

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Outflows:

Equity withdrawal (926) (926) - (926) (926) (926)

Net cash used in financing activities (926) (926) - (926) (926) (926)

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 45 (391) 436 1,971 (355) 2,082

Cash and cash equivalents at opening balance 7,670 5,698 1,972 5,699 6,897 4,815

Cash and cash equivalents at end of financial year 11 7,715 5,307 2,408 7,670 6,542 6,897

The accompanying notes form part of these statements

Board of the Queensland Museum STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS for the year ended 30 June 2019

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2019 2018 2019 2018

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

NOTES TO THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW

CF–1. Reconciliation of Operating Result to Net Cash provided by Operating Activities

Operating surplus 4,691 5,895 4,840 5,617

Non–cash items included in Operating Result:

Depreciation and amortisation expense 4,882 3,675 4,882 3,675

Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment 148 148

Gains on Asset Disposal/Unrealised Gain on QIC Investment (93) (142) (93) (142)

Non-cash asset donations (809) (749) (809) (749)

Changes in assets and liabilities

(Increase) in net receivables (831) (1,641) (1,380) (1,302)

(Increase)/decrease in inventories 84 (14) 84 (14)

(Increase) in other current assets (54) (256) (54) (256)

Increase/(decrease) in payables (1,203) 398 (1,203) 448

Increase in accrued employee benefits 183 175 183 175

Increase/(decrease) in other liabilities 370 - 370 -

Net cash provided by operating activities 7,368 7,342 6,968 7,453

CF–2. Non–Cash Investing and Financing Activities

Assets and liabilities received or donated/transferred by the Board are recognised as revenues or expenses as applicable. The donation of these assets did not involve a cash transaction.

Board of the Queensland Museum STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS for the year ended 30 June 2019

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NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2018–19 1. Basis of Financial Statement Preparation

General Information

These financial statements cover the Board of the Queensland Museum (the Board) as parent entity and its controlled entity; the Queensland Museum Foundation Trust (the Foundation). The economic entity refers to the consolidation of the Board and the Foundation.

The Board is a not-for-profit statutory body established under the Queensland Museum Act 1970.

The Board is controlled by the State of Queensland which is the ultimate parent and is dependent on State funding of $37.116 million but no equity injection for the 2018–19 financial year.

The financial statements are authorised for issue by the Chair of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer at the date of signing the Management Certificate.

The head office and principal place of business of the Board is:

Corner of Grey and Melbourne Streets SOUTH BRISBANE QLD 4101

Compliance with Prescribed Requirements

These financial statements are general purpose financial statements which have been prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with:

• section 43 of the Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009

• applicable Australian Accounting Standards and Interpretations

• Queensland Treasury’s Minimum Reporting Requirements for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 July 2018.

Presentation

Currency and Rounding

Amounts included in the financial statements have been rounded to the nearest $1,000 or, where that amount is $500 or less, to zero, unless disclosure of the full amount is specifically required. Some financial tables may not add through due to rounding.

Comparatives

Comparative information reflects the audited 2017-18 financial statements unless where restating is necessary to be consistent with disclosures in the current reporting period.

Current/Non-Current Classification

Assets are classified as ‘current’ where their carrying amount is expected to be realised within 12 months after the reporting date. Liabilities are classified as ‘current’ when they are due to be settled within 12 months after the reporting date, or the Board does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement to beyond 12 months after the reporting date.

All other assets and liabilities are classified as non-current.

Basis of Measurement

Historical cost is used as the measurement basis in this financial report except for the following: • Land, buildings, investment with QIC Growth Fund and

heritage and cultural assets which are measured at fair value; and

• Inventories which are measured at lower of cost and net realisable value.

Historical Cost

Under historical cost, assets are recorded at the amount of cash or cash equivalents paid or the fair value of the consideration given to acquire assets at the time of their acquisition. Liabilities are recorded at the amount of proceeds received in exchange for the obligation or at the amounts of cash or cash equivalents expected to be paid to satisfy the liability in the normal course of business.

Fair Value

Accounting Policies and Inputs for Fair values

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date under current market conditions (i.e. an exit price).

Observable inputs are publicly available data that are relevant to the characteristics of the assets/liabilities being valued. Observable inputs used by the Board include, but are not limited to, published sales data for land.

Unobservable inputs are data, assumptions and judgements that are not available publicly, but are relevant to the characteristics of the assets/liabilities being valued. Significant unobservable inputs used by the Board include, but are not limited to, subjective adjustments made to observable data to take account of the characteristics of the Board’s assets/liabilities, internal records of recollection costs (and/or estimates of such costs) for assets’ characteristics/functionality, and assessments of physical condition and remaining useful life. Unobservable inputs are used to the extent that sufficient relevant and reliable observable inputs are not available for similar assets/liabilities.

A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant’s ability to generate economic benefits by using the asset in its highest and best use or by selling it to another market participant that would use the asset in its highest and best use.

Fair Value Measurement Hierarchy

All assets and liabilities of the Board for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the financial statements are categorised within the following fair value hierarchy, based on the data and assumptions used in the most recent specific appraisals:

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• Level 1 - represents fair value measurements that reflect unadjusted quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;

• Level 2 - represents fair value measurements that are substantially derived from inputs (other than quoted prices included within level 1) that are observable, either directly or indirectly; and

• Level 3 - represents fair value measurements that are substantially derived from unobservable inputs.

There were no transfers of assets between fair value hierarchy levels during the period.

Accounting Estimates and Judgements

The preparation of financial statements necessarily requires the determination and use of certain critical accounting estimates, assumptions and management judgements that have the potential to cause a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of asset and liabilities within the next financial year. Such estimates, judgements and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised and in future periods as relevant.

Estimates and assumptions that have a potential significant effect are outlined in the following financial statement notes:

Valuation of Property Plant and Equipment - Note 12.

QIC Investments - Note 19.

2. Objectives of the Board

The Board’s objectives include caring for and building the State collection, curate and create experiences that explore unique Queensland stories, the natural environment and cultural heritage. The Board manages the state collection, offering public access to the collections and public programs through research, education, exhibition and loans to communities across the state and beyond. This is delivered on site in all campuses, in the community, in classrooms and online.

3. Controlled Entities

In the process of consolidating into a single economic entity, all transactions between the Board and the Foundation have been eliminated (where material). The accounting policies of the Foundation have been changed where necessary to align them with the policies adopted by the economic entity.

Details of the Board’s controlled entity is as follows.

Name of Controlled Entity Queensland Museum Foundation Trust

Audit Arrangements Auditor-General of Queensland

The Board established the Queensland Museum Foundation Trust in June 2002. The Trust’s assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses have been consolidated in these financial statements.

The Board has agreed to fund the operation of the Foundation until further advised.

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2019 2018 2019 2018

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

4. USER CHARGES AND FEES

Admission charges

General 2,818 2,383 2,818 2,383

Special exhibitions 3,159 2,478 3,159 2,478

Sales revenue – shops 2,776 2,358 2,776 2,358

Subscriptions/Memberships 387 286 387 286

Cafe/Functions/Venue hire 1,631 1,468 1,631 1,468

Other 937 709 937 709

Total 11,708 9,682 11,708 9,682

5. GRANTS AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS

Grants – State Government recurrent 27,801 28,324 27,801 28,324

Grants – State Government special 8,389 1,703 8,389 1,703

Grants – State Government capital - 4,360 - 4,360

Grant – State Government recurrent funding (for depreciation) 926 926 926 926

Grant – Museum Resource Centre Network 500 500 500 500

Donations from QM Foundation - - 900 1,859

Donations 445 925 426 374

Donations – assets 809 749 809 749

Industry contributions 2,745 2,952 2,045 1,382

Commonwealth government grants 141 271 141 271

Local government contributions 559 226 559 226

Grants – Other 612 1,166 612 1,166

Total 42,927 42,102 43,108 41,840

Accounting Policy - Revenue Recognition The Board recognises revenue from Grants and Other Contributions, which are non reciprocal in nature, in the year in which control was obtained over them. This is generally at the time of receipt. Where the Board receives grants that are reciprocal in nature, revenue is progressively recognised as it is earned, according to the terms of the funding arrangements.

The Board recognises revenue from donated assets at fair value. These assets relate substantially to additions to the State Collection (Heritage and Cultural assets).

Board of the Queensland Museum

NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2018–19

Accounting Policy User charges and fees are recognised as revenues when the revenue has been earned and can be measured reliably with a sufficient degree of certainty. This occurs upon delivery of the goods to the customer or completion of the requested services at which time the invoice is raised. Accrued revenue is

recognised if the revenue has been earned but not yet invoiced. User charges and fees are controlled by the Board where they can be deployed for the achievement of the Board’s objectives.

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2019 2018 2019 2018

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

6. OTHER REVENUES

Interest 424 328 400 307

Disbursements from Harry West Memorial Fund 138 362 138 362

Goods/Services received below fair value 3,146 3,125 3,146 3,125

Recoveries 171 181 171 181

Miscellaneous 251 111 250 110

Total 4,130 4,107 4,105 4,085

Services Received Free Of Charge or for Nominal Value

Accounting PolicyContributions of services are recognised only if the services would have been purchased if they had not been donated and their fair value can be measured reliably. Where this is the case, an equal amount is recognised as a revenue and an expense.

Disclosure about Goods/Services received below fair valueThe Museum occupies Queensland State Government (Arts Queensland) premises at the Queensland Cultural Centre, South Brisbane and pays a facilities cost to Arts Queensland for same. However, the Museum is not required to pay rent. For reporting purposes, the Museum has relied on the State Valuation Service (on behalf of Arts Queensland) estimating rent provided to the Museum at less than fair value of $3,026,171 for 2018-19.

7. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS EXPENSES

Employee Benefits

Wages and salaries 20,979 20,307 20,979 20,307

Employee costs capitalised - - - -

Employer superannuation contributions 2,656 2,584 2,656 2,584

Long service leave levy 432 422 432 422

Annual leave expense 1,919 1,926 1,919 1,926

Employee Related Expenses

Workers’ compensation premium 84 123 84 123

Payroll Tax and Fringe Benefit Tax 1,247 1,260 1,247 1,260

Other employee expenses 277 269 277 269

Total 27,594 26,891 27,594 26,891

The number of employees as at 30 June, including both full-time employees and part-time employees, measured on a full-time equivalent basis (reflecting Minimum Obligatory Human Resource Information (MOHRI)) is:

2019 2018

Number of full-time equivalent employees: 253 255

FTEs reported above are as at 30 June, however costing for employee expenses are based on average FTEs over a 12-month period, when staffing levels fluctuate dependent upon operational and project delivery requirements.

Note 20 provides detail regarding the employee expenses variance to budget.

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7. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS EXPENSES (contd)Remuneration of board members and board sub-committee members was as follows:

Name Appointment Details Board

Finance Audit & Risk Management

Committee 2019 2018

Conry, D (Board Chair) Resigned 31 May 2019 * 18,461.54 20,000.00

McNarn, M (FARMC Chair) Re-appointed 1 June 2017 * * 9,500.00 9,500.00

Forrester, T Resigned 10 April 2019 * 5,518.82 7,000.00

Schoenborn, S Resigned 11 December 2018 * 3,500.00 7,000.00

Williams, D Re-appointed 1 June 2017 * 7,000.00 7,000.00

Ginn, G Appointed 1 June 2017 * * 8,800.00 8,800.00

Taylor, C Appointed 1 June 2017 * * 8,800.00 8,800.00

Parker, Jennifer M Appointed external advisor to FARMC, 25 September 2017

* 5,076.10 3,278.00

Thompson, J (Board ex-officio) CEO appointed 13 December 2018 (previously acting from 2 October 2017)

*

Total remuneration paid to all members : 66,656.46 71,378.00

Where members have resigned or their terms have expired, their payments are reported for comparative purposes.

Note 21 provides further detail of Key Management Personnel, including disclosure of CEO remuneration.

Accounting Policy – Wages, Salaries and Recreation Leave Wages and salaries due but unpaid at reporting date are recognised in

the Statement of Financial Position at the current salary rates. As the Board expects such liabilities to be wholly settled within 12 months of reporting date, the liabilities are recognised at undiscounted amounts.

Accounting Policy – Sick Leave Prior history indicates that on average, sick leave taken each reporting

period is less than the entitlement accrued. This is expected to continue in future periods. Accordingly, it is unlikely that existing accumulated entitlements will be used by employees and no liability for unused sick leave entitlements is recognised. As sick leave is non-vesting, an expense is recognised for this leave as it is taken.

Accounting Policy – Long Service Leave Under the Queensland Government’s long service leave scheme, a levy

is paid to cover the cost of employees’ long service leave. Levies are expensed in the period in which they are paid or payable. Amounts paid to employees for long service leave are claimed from the scheme quarterly in arrears.

No provision for long service leave is recognised in the financial statements, the liability being held on a whole-of-Government basis and reported in the financial report prepared pursuant to AASB 1049 Whole of Government and General Government Sector Financial Reporting.

Accounting Policy – Superannuation Post-employment benefits for superannuation are provided through

defined contribution (accumulation) plans or the Queensland Government’s QSuper defined benefit plan as determined by the employee’s conditions of employment.

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2019 2018 2019 2018

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

8. SUPPLIES AND SERVICES

Advertising and public relations costs 1,438 1,343 1,438 1,343

Corporate services charges paid to CAA 1,163 1,117 1,163 1,117

Cost of goods sold 1,798 1,566 1,798 1,566

Facilities costs 3,826 4,419 3,826 4,419

Facilities costs paid to Arts Qld 749 793 749 793

Fees 858 826 858 826

Materials 944 869 944 869

Office costs 1,172 878 1,172 878

Project consultants and contractors 1,928 1,107 1,928 1,107

Special Exhibitions 1,725 892 1,725 892

Travel and associated costs 580 558 580 558

Other 1,317 1,315 1,323 1,315

Total 17,498 15,683 17,504 15,683

Accounting Policy

The Board recognises expenses on an accrual basis when they are incurred and can be measured reliably.

Disclosure about Insurance

The Board carries insurance cover in the areas of Property (including items on loan), General Liability (incorporating Directors & Officers liability), Professional Indemnity, Personal Accident and Motor Vehicles. Insurance coverage (excluding motor vehicles) is with the Queensland Government Insurance Fund and includes coverage for the State Collection. Where existing cover is inadequate to meet business needs, additional insurance may be purchased as required.

Disclosure about Corporate Services

The Corporate Administration Agency (CAA) provides the Museum with corporate services under the “Shared Services Provider” model. Fees and terms are agreed under a Service Level Agreement, negotiated annually and include:

• Financial systems and processing;

• Management accounting;

• Human resources recruitment, payroll and consultancy; and

• Information system and support in relation to records and financial management.

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2019 2018 2019 2018

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

11. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

QTC 11am account 5,309 6,277 5,309 6,277

Cash at bank and on hand 2,384 1,372 1,211 599

Imprest accounts 22 21 22 21

Total 7,715 7,670 6,542 6,897

10. OTHER EXPENSES

Commissions (ticketing) 277 215 277 215

External audit fees 73 87 73 87

Goods and services supplied below fair value 3,151 3,141 3,151 3,141

Losses from the disposal of non-current assets 148 1 148 1

Permit Fees/Licence Fees/Arts Regulation 166 200 166 200

Other expenses 378 245 379 239

Total 4,193 3,889 4,194 3,883

Economic Entity Parent Entity

2019 2018 2019 2018

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

9. DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATIONDepreciation and amortisation were incurred in respect of:

Plant abnd equipment 698 769 698 769

Buildings 2,587 1,991 2,587 1,991

Exhibitions 1,377 692 1,377 692

Amortisation - Computer software 220 223 220 223

Total 4,882 3,675 4,882 3,675

External audit feesTotal audit fees payable to the Queensland Audit Office relating to the 2018-19 financial statements are quoted to be $67,500 (2018: $65,500). There are no non-audit services included in this amount.

Goods/Services supplied below fair valueThe Museum occupies Queensland State Government premises at the Queensland Cultural Centre, South Brisbane. The rent provided to the Museum at less than fair value was $3,026,171.

Accounting PolicyFor the purposes of the Statement of Financial Position and the Statement of Cash Flows, cash assets include all cash and cheques receipted but not banked at 30 June as well as deposits at call with financial institutions. It also includes investments with Queensland

Treasury Corporation (QTC) that are readily convertible to cash on hand at the Board’s or issuer’s option and that are subject to a low risk of changes in value.

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Land BuildingsHeritage &

Cultural Assets

Plant & Equipment

(Exhibitions)

Plant & Equipment

(Other)Assets under construction

Level 2 Level 3 Level 3 At Cost At Cost At Cost Total

2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

Carrying amount at 1 July

11,125 11,150 51,961 48,049 551,360 529,273 1,956 2,649 3,895 3,660 6,257 6,011 626,554 600,792

Acquisitions at cost - - - - 2 - 493 - 392 742 5,526 3,722 6,413 4,463

Acquisition of collected items

- - - - 4,767 4,081 - - - - - - 4,767 4,081

Donations received - - - - 809 749 - - - - - - 809 749

Transfers - - - 3,213 - - 11,033 - - 263 (11,033) (3,476) - -

Disposals - - - - (11,591) - (21) - (127) - - - (11,739) -

Revaluation increments (decrements)

- (25) (9) 2,690 1,131 17,257 - - - - - - 1,122 19,922

Non-reciprocal equity transfer

- - - - - - - - - - (750) - (750) -

Depreciation for period - - (2,587) (1,991) - - (1,377) (692) (698) (769) - - (4,662) (3,452)

Carrying amount at 30 June

11,125 11,125 49,365 51,961 546,478 551,360 12,084 1,956 3,462 3,895 - 6,257 622,514 626,554

Economic Entity Parent Entity

2019 2018 2019 2018

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

12. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND DEPRECIATION EXPENSE

Closing Balances and Reconciliation of Carrying Amount

Land:

At Fair Value 11,125 11,125 11,125 11,125

11,125 11,125 11,125 11,125

Buildings:

At Fair Value 105,541 105,541 105,541 105,541

Less: Accumulated depreciation (56,176) (53,580) (56,176) (53,580)

49,365 51,961 49,365 51,961

Heritage and cultural assets:

At Fair Value – Library Heritage Collection 6,090 6,090 6,090 6,090

At Fair Value – State Collection 540,388 545,270 540,388 545,270

546,478 551,360 546,478 551,360

Plant and equipment (Exhibitions):

At cost 20,404 10,572 20,404 10,572

Less: Accumulated depreciation (8,320) (8,616) (8,320) (8,616)

12,084 1,956 12,084 1,956

Plant and equipment (Other):

At cost 8,083 8,568 8,083 8,568

Less: Accumulated depreciation (4,621) (4,673) (4,621) (4,673)

3,462 3,895 3,462 3,895

Assets under construction:

At cost projects under construction - 6,257 - 6,257

Total 622,514 626,554 622,514 626,554

The Board has plant and equipment with an original cost of $1,326,594 and a written down value of nil still being used in the provision of services.

All property, plant and equipment is held by the Parent Entity. Asset revaluation reserve movements consist of acquisition of collected items, disposals and revaluation increments/(decrements).

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12. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND DEPRECIATION EXPENSE (contd)

Recognition and Acquisition Accounting Policy – Recognition Thresholds Items of property, plant and equipment with a cost or other value equal

to or in excess of the following thresholds are recognised for financial reporting purposes in the year of acquisition.

CLASS AMOUNT

Buildings $10,000

Land $1

Plant and equipment (Exhibitions) $10,000

Plant and equipment (Other) $5,000

Heritage & Cultural Assets

State Collection (Group) $5,000

Library Heritage Collection $5,000

With the exception of State Collection assets, individual items with a lesser value are expensed in the year of acquisition. State Collection assets are categorised into specific groups based on research disciplines. Because the majority of individual items within each discipline are below the threshold, the methodology underpinning the valuation provides for items of any value to be capitalised.

Expenditure relating to the construction of exhibitions, which are expected to have a useful life of greater than one year, is capitalised.

In addition to Heritage & Cultural Assets, the Board retains physical control of a significant number of other items (the ‘Research Collection’) that have not as yet been accessioned into the State Collection. Such items are not accounted for or valued for the purpose of these financial statements.

The Research Collection also contains a number of images which do not meet the definition and recognition criteria for an asset and are not recorded in these financial statements. The Board considers that any future value of these items will not be material in terms of the total value of the State Collection.

Accounting Policy – Cost of Acquisition Actual cost is used for the initial recording of all non-current physical

and intangible asset acquisitions, with the exception of those items in the State Collection acquired through ‘collecting activities’. These items are initially expensed as the Board believes that they do not currently meet the definition and recognition criteria for assets in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards. Only when the Board is satisfied that the definition and recognition criteria for assets have been met, are these assets added to the State Collection and recognised in these financial statements.

Cost is determined as the value given as consideration plus costs incidental to the acquisition, including all other costs incurred in getting the assets ready for use including architect’s fees and engineering design fees. However, any training costs are expensed as incurred.

Where assets are received free of charge from a Queensland Government entity (whether as a result of a machinery-of-Government or other involuntary transfer), the acquisition cost is recognised as the gross carrying amount in the books of the transferor immediately prior to the transfer together with any accumulated depreciation.

Assets acquired at no cost or for nominal consideration, other than from an involuntary transfer from a Queensland Government department, are recognised at their fair value at date of acquisition in accordance with AASB116 Property, Plant and Equipment.

Measurement using Fair Value Accounting Policy Land, buildings and heritage and cultural assets are measured at fair

value in accordance with AASB 116 Property, Plant and Equipment, AASB 13 Fair Value Measurement and Queensland Treasury’s Non-Current Asset Policies for the Queensland Public Sector. These assets are reported at their revalued amounts, being the fair value at the date of valuation, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and impairment losses where applicable.

In respect of the abovementioned classes, the cost of items acquired during the financial year has been judged by the Board to materially represent their fair value at the end of the reporting period.

Non-current physical assets measured at fair value are revalued on an annual basis by appraisals undertaken by an independent professional valuer or internal expert, or by the use of appropriate and relevant indices. Revaluations based on independent professional valuer or internal expert appraisals are undertaken at least once every five years. However, if a class of asset experiences significant and volatile changes in fair value (i.e. where indicators suggest that the value of the class of asset may have changed by 20% or more from one reporting period to the next), it is subject to such revaluations in the reporting period, where practicable, regardless of the timing of previous such method of revaluation.

Where assets have not been specifically appraised in the reporting period, their previous valuations are materially kept up-to-date via the application of relevant indices.

Use of Specific Appraisals The fair values reported by the Board are based on appropriate

valuation techniques that maximise the use of available and relevant observable inputs and minimise the use of unobservable inputs.

Land and Buildings Comprehensive re-valuations of all land and buildings are conducted

every five years and were last performed at 30 June 2016. Interim revaluations are conducted in the intervening period using appropriate indices.

Indices for land have been sourced from an Independent Valuer, with no material movement reported or applied across the class at balance date.

Indices for buildings have been sourced from the March 2019 Asset Revaluation Index for Non-residential construction in Queensland, published by the Office of Economic and Statistical Research, Queensland. The cumulative movement in indexation since the last comprehensive valuation was not material and as such not applied at balance date.

Heritage and Cultural A comprehensive revaluation of heritage and cultural assets was last

performed at 30 June 2018 by an independent valuer and certified by Mr Blithe Robinson, Accredited Senior Appraiser, Principal of Australian Valuations. These assets consist of Biodiversity, Geosciences, Cultures and Histories and Library heritage collections located across the museum’s network and are categorised as the State Collection and Library Heritage collection for the purpose of these financial statements. To ensure a valid estimation of fair value at reporting date, items under the recollection cost method have been assessed against movements in the consumer price index (CPI) as this index closely aligns to the cost drivers in the valuation methodology applied. This index was not material and as such not applied at balance date. In addition, a review of iconic items (with individual fair values) was undertaken by professional museum staff within each collection area to ensure there was no material movement in this class. No material movement was observed at balance date.

In addition to the State Collection and Library Heritage Collection, the Research Collection contains raw materials from field work, which may yield an unknown quantity of items and their future use is unable to be identified. While raw materials remain in the research collection, items contained therein are not capable of reliable measurement and do not meet asset recognition criteria, therefore are not accounted for the purpose of these financial statements. The lengthy collection process results in time lapses between raw material and final accessioning. This brings uncertainty and difficulties in tracking movements and reconciling accurately on an on-going basis. On this basis, collected items are brought to account at the point of accessioning, at fair value, through the acquisition of collected items and asset revaluation reserve accounts for the purpose of these financial statements.

Accounting for Changes in Fair value Any revaluation increment arising on the revaluation of an asset is

credited to the asset revaluation reserve of the appropriate class, except to the extent it reverses a revaluation decrement for the class previously recognised as an expense. A decrease in the carrying amount on revaluation is charged as an expense, to the extent it exceeds the balance, if any, in the revaluation reserve relating to that class.

On revaluation, accumulated depreciation is restated proportionately with the change in the carrying amount of the asset and any change in the estimate of remaining useful life.

Only those assets, the total values of which are material compared to the value of the class of assets to which they belong, are comprehensively revalued.

Separately identified components of assets are measured on the same basis as the assets to which they relate.

Depreciation Expense Accounting Policy Land is not depreciated as it has an unlimited useful life. Heritage and Cultural assets comprising the State Collection and

Library Heritage Collection are not depreciated as they have an indeterminate useful life. Preservation and management policies are in place and actively implemented to maintain these collections in perpetuity.

Property, plant and equipment (PP&E) is depreciated on a straight line basis so as to allocate the net cost or revalued amount of each asset, less its estimated residual value, progressively over its estimated useful life to the Board.

Assets under construction (work-in-progress) are not depreciated until they reach service delivery capacity. Service delivery capacity relates to when construction is complete and the asset is first put to use or is installed ready for use in accordance with its intended application. These assets are then reclassified to the relevant classes within PP&E.

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Economic Entity Parent Entity

2019 2018 2019 2018

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

Other Expenditure 1,496 - 1,496 -

Plant & Equipment (Exhibitions)

28 1,980 28 1,980

Total 1,524 1,980 1,524 1,980

Payable

Within twelve months 1,246 - 1,246 -

Later than 1 and not later than 5 yrs

278 1,980 278 1,980

Total - Payable 1,524 1,980 1,524 1,980

18. EVENTS OCCURRING AFTER BALANCE DATE There were no significant events occurring after balance date.

12. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND DEPRECIATION EXPENSE(contd)

Any expenditure that increases the originally assessed capacity or service potential of an asset is capitalised and the new depreciable amount is depreciated over the remaining useful life of the asset to the Board.

Depreciation Rates For each class of depreciable asset the following depreciation rates

are used:

CLASS AMOUNT

Buildings 2%-20%

Plant and equipment:

Computers and Servers 15%-30%

Motor vehicles 20%-33%

Scientific equipment 10%-25%

Exhibitions 10%-50%

Furniture, Fittings and Fixtures 4%-20%

Other 2%-30%

Impairment Accounting Policy All non-current physical and intangible assets are assessed for

indicators of impairment on an annual basis. If an indicator of possible impairment exists, the Board determines the asset’s recoverable amount. Any amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds the recoverable amount is recorded as an impairment loss. The fair value of assets will be used as it materially approximate recoverable amount.

An impairment loss is recognised immediately in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount. When the asset is measured at a revalued amount, the impairment loss is offset against the asset revaluation reserve of the relevant class to the extent available.

Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised as income, unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

Economic Entity Parent Entity

2019 2018 2019 2018

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

13. PAYABLES

Current

Trade creditors 408 1,241 408 1,241

External audit fees 25 26 25 26

Payroll tax 102 99 102 99

Fringe benefits tax 12 19 12 19

Other 614 979 614 979

Total 1,161 2,364 1,161 2,364

14. ACCRUED EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Current

Annual leave 2,336 2,168 2,336 2,168

Wages outstanding 411 405 411 405

Other accrued employee benefits

174 165 174 165

Total 2,921 2,738 2,921 2,738

Disclosure about Accrued Employee BenefitsThe Board expects liabilities for accrued employee benefits to be wholly settled within 12 months after the end of the period in which the employees render the service.

15. ASSET REVALUATION SURPLUS BY CLASS

Land$’000

Buildings$’000

Heritage & Cultural

Assets$’000

Total$’000

Balance at 1 July 2018 8,650 50,943 421,833 481,427

Revaluation increments (decrements) - (9) (5,693) (5,702)

Balance 30 June 2018 8,650 50,934 416,140 475,725

Land$’000

Buildings$’000

Heritage & Cultural

Assets$’000

Total$’000

Balance at 1 July 2017 8,675 48,253 400,495 457,423

Revaluation increments (decrements) (25) 2,690 21,338 24,003

Balance 30 June 2018 8,650 50,943 421,833 481,427 The revaluation reserve relates to the Parent Entity only. 16. CONTINGENCIES Native Title claims over Museum land The site occupied by the Museum of Tropical Queensland in Townsville

is subject of a Native Title claim under Federal Court Application no QUD623/2016. The Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines and Energy (DNRME) represents all State government interests in native title proceedings, such that there is no requirement for the Board to become a party to this claim. The Board will continue to liaise closely with DNRME to ensure the Board’s interests are appropriately considered but at this time there are no additional disclosures to be made in this regard. At reporting date, it is not possible to make an estimate of any probable outcome of these claims, or any financial effects.

The Board’s Former CEO The Board acknowledges that the former CEO has been the subject

of an on-going Crime and Corruption Commission investigation, which is yet to be finalised. The Board will continue to monitor proceedings but to the best understanding of the Board there continues to be no material impact on these Financial Statements.

17. COMMITMENTS Material classes of capital expenditure commitments exclusive of

GST that can be recouped, contracted for at reporting date but not recognised in these statements are payable as follows:

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19. FINANCIAL RISK DISCLOSURES

Financial instruments are classified and measured as follows: • Cash and cash equivalents – held at fair value through profit and loss; • Receivables – held at amortised cost; • Payables – held at amortised cost; and • Other financial assets - held at fair value through profit and loss. The Board has not entered into transactions for speculative purposes, nor for hedging. The Board’s other financial assets represent investments in a Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) Limited unlisted unit trust, the QIC Growth Fund.

Financial Instrument Categories The Board has the following categories of financial assets and financial liabilities:

Economic Entity Parent Entity

2019 2018 2019 2018

Category $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

Financial Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 7,715 7,670 6,542 6,897

Trade Receivables 3,486 2,690 3,485 2,085

Other Finance Assets - units in QIC Growth Fund

3,515 3,438 3,515 3,438

Total 14,716 13,798 13,542 12,420

Financial Liabilities

Financial liabilities measured at amortised costs:

Trade Payables 1,047 2,246 1,047 2,246

Total 1,047 2,246 1,047 2,246

No financial assets and financial liabilities have been offset and presented net in the Statement of Financial Position.

Financial Risk Management Risk Exposure The Board’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks - interest rate risk,

credit risk, liquidity risk and predominantly market risk. Financial assets held by the Board are used to generate interest and distribution

revenue which supplements the Board’s operating revenue. While the Board is exposed to elements of credit risk, the predominant exposure is to market risk (interest rate risk and price risk). Fluctuations in market interest rates will have the most significant impact on cash and cash equivalents (QTC 11am account) and fluctuations in prices will have the most significant impact on other financial assets (units in QIC Growth Fund). Refer below for interest rate and price risk sensitivity analysis. While volatility is expected in the returns on these assets and at times movements in the equity, as the revenue is supplementary income to the Board, fluctuations do not expose the Board to significant risks day to day.

Financial risk management is implemented pursuant to Government and Board policy. These policies focus on the unpredictability of financial markets and seek to minimise potential adverse effects on the financial performance of the Board.

All financial risk is managed by Executive Management under policies approved by the Board. The Board provides written principles for overall risk management, as well as policies covering specific areas.

RISK EXPOSURE

DEFINITION EXPOSURE

Market Risk The risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market prices. Market risk comprises three types of risk: currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk.Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates.

The Board is exposed to interest rate risk through cash deposits in interest bearing accounts and market rate risk through investments in managed funds. The Board does not undertake any hedging in relation to interest risk. With respect to foreign currency exchange rate risks, the Board is primarily exposed through contracts negotiated in foreign currency such as exhibition hire and transportation fees. Where the amounts are material, the Board may elect to purchase foreign currency through the Queensland Treasury Corporation in order to provide budget certainty and to minimise the impact of adverse exchange rate movements.

Risk Measurement and Management Strategies The Board measures risk exposure using a variety of methods as follows:

RISK EXPOSURE

DEFINITION EXPOSURE

Market Risk Price risk sensitivity analysis

The Board is exposed to market risk through investments with Queensland Investment Corporation Limited (QIC). The Board is exposed to adverse movements in the level and volatility of the financial markets in respect of these investments. The Board’s Investment Policy is reviewed annually to ensure that an appropriate asset allocation exists to give expected returns for given level of risk over time. The Board is exposed to interest rate risk through cash deposited in interest-bearing accounts. The Board does not undertake any hedging in relation to interest risk. Interest returns on investments are managed in accordance with the Board’s investment policies.

The following market sensitivity analysis reflects the outcome to profit and loss if investment returns would change by +/-3% applied to the carrying amount as at 30 June 2019 (2018: +/-3%). These fluctuations are based on the current world economic and market climate. With all other variables held constant, the Board would have a surplus and equity increase/(decrease) of $105,449.30 (2018: $102,972.48). This is attributable to the Board’s exposure to investment returns from units in QIC Growth Fund.

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Interest Rate Sensitivity Analysis The following interest rate sensitivity analysis is based on a report

similar to that which would be provided to management, depicting the outcome to profit and loss if interest rates would change by +/-1% from the year-end rates applicable to the Board’s financial assets and liabilities. With all other variables held constant, the Board would have a surplus and equity increase/(decrease) of $77,150 (2018: $77,000). This is mainly attributable to the Board’s exposure to variable interest rates on interest bearing cash deposits.

Fair Value The fair value of the Board’s investments of units in the QIC Growth

Fund are classified as Level 2 as the values of these investments are provided to the Board by external bodies at 30 June each year, and are unadjusted by the Board. The value of units held in the QIC Growth Fund investment is determined by the market value of the assets within the Fund.

Credit Risk Dsiclosures Credit risk management practices The Board considers its financial assets exhibit low credit risk, and at

reporting date are not subject to any allowance for lifetime expected credit losses or impairment. This includes trade receivables where an assessment of the calculated loss allowance is considered immaterial.

The Board’s financial assets associated with equity instruments are held solely with the Queensland Investment Corporation (Growth Fund), an approved low credit risk investment authorised for the Board’s use under the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982. The Growth Fund is a diversified investment exhibiting strong risk adjusted returns over the longer term and is not considered to be an impaired instrument. The Board’s financial assets associated with debt instruments (receivables) from other Queensland Government agencies, Australian Government agencies and some long-term contracted industry partners are recognised as low credit risk asset with no loss allowance applied.

The Board typically considers a financial asset to be in default when it becomes 90 days past due. However, a financial asset can be in default before that point if information indicates that the Board is unlikely to receive the outstanding amounts in full. The Board’s assessment of default does not take into account any collateral or other credit enhancements.

20. BUDGETARY REPORTING DISCLOSURES Explanations of Major Variances - Comprehensive Income Other Revenue Primarily due to the re-categorisation of revenue from Grants

and Contributions for the rent of the museums premises at South Brisbane which, is provided to the museum at less than fair value by Arts Queensland.

Unrealised gains on funds invested with QIC Primarily due to lower than budgeted performance of the QIC

Growth Fund. Supplies and Services Primarily due to the re-categorisation of expenses to Other Expenses

for the rent of the museums premises at South Brisbane which, is provided to the museum at less than fair value by Arts Queensland. In addition, lower than budgeted expenses against some major projects with some costs subsequently capitalised and more staff being engaged for project delivery have all contributed to this variance.

Other Expenses Primarily due to the re-categorisation of expenses from Supplies and

Services for the rent of the museums premises at South Brisbane which, is provided to the museum at less than fair value by Arts Queensland.

Other Comprehensive Income Primarily due to Heritage and cultural asset revaluation decrement

associated with disposals not budgeted for the financial year. Explanations of Major Variances - Statement of

Financial Position Cash Primarily due to project delays and higher than budgeted

opening balance. Receivables Primarily due to the timing of recoveries for major projects and

sponsorships and contributions. Explanations of Major Variances - Statement of Cash Flows Supplies and services Primarily due to lower than budgeted expenses against some major

projects with some costs subsequently capitalised and more staff being engaged for project delivery have all contributed to this variance.

Payment for property, plant and equipment Primarily due to budgeted expenses against some major projects

subsequently capitalised.

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21. KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL (KMP) DISCLOSURES Details of Key Management Personnel The following details for key management personnel include those positions that had authority and responsibility for

planning, directing and controlling the activities of the agency during 2017-18 and 2018-19. Further information on these positions can be found in the body of the Annual Report under the section relating to Executive Management.

POSITION POSITION RESPONSIBILITY

Chief Executive Officer Working closely with the Board of the Queensland Museum and the Minister for the Arts, the Chief Executive Officer provides experienced, high level strategic and operational leadership of the Queensland Museum Network.

Director, Public Programs (formerly Director, Public Engagement)

The Director, Public Programs is responsible for the provision of experienced strategic and operational leadership and management of public programs across the Queensland Museum Network.

Director, Collections, Research The Director, Collections and Research is responsible for the provision of experienced strategic and operational leadership and management of collections, research and learning across the Queensland Museum Network.

Chief Operating Officer The Chief Operating Officer is responsible for leading and delivering quality corporate and support services that underpin and contribute to the successful operations of the Queensland Museum Network. This position replaces the Director, Corporate Services.

Chief Finance Officer The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership in financial, contractual and insurance matters and for advising the Board of the Queensland Museum through the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Leadership Team.

Remuneration Policies Remuneration policy for the Museum’s key management personnel is set by the Queensland Public Service Commission

as provided for under the Public Service Act 2008. The remuneration and other terms of employment for the key executive management personnel are specified in employment contracts. The contracts provide for other benefits including motor vehicles.

For the 2018-19 year, remuneration of key executive management personnel has not increased in accordance with government policy.

The following disclosures focus on the expenses incurred by the Board during the respective reporting periods, that is attributable to key management positions. Therefore, the amounts disclosed reflect expenses recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

• Short term employee expenses which include: • Salaries, allowances and leave entitlements earned and expensed for the entire year or that part of the year during

which the employee occupied the specific position. • Non-monetary benefits - consisting of provision of vehicle together with fringe benefits tax applicable to the

benefit. • Long term employee expenses include amounts expensed in respect of long service leave entitlements earned. • Post-employment expenses include amounts expensed in respect of employer superannuation contributions. • Termination benefits are not provided for within individual contracts of employment. Contracts of employment

provide only for notice periods or payment in lieu of notice on termination, regardless of the reason for termination.

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1 JULY 2018 – 30 JUNE 2019

Position

Short Term Employee Expenses Long Term Employee Expenses

Post Employment

Expenses

Termination Benefits

Total Expenses

Monetary Expenses

Non-Monetary Benefits

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

Chief Executive Officer 284 7 6 28 - 325

Director, Public Programs (formerly Director, Public Engagement)(Acting)

195 7 4 16 - 222

Director, Collections and Research (Acting) 189 8 4 15 - 216

Chief Operating Officer 224 6 5 24 - 259

Chief Finance Officer 36 - 1 4 - 41

Total 928 28 19 87 0 1,063

KMP Remuneration Expense

1 JULY 2017 – 30 JUNE 2018

Position

Short Term Employee Expenses Long Term Employee Expenses

Post Employment

Expenses

Termination Benefits

Total Expenses

Monetary Expenses

Non-Monetary Benefits

$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000 $’000

Acting Chief Executive Officer 263 - 5 20 - 288

Deputy Chief Executive Officer / Director Public Engagement

214 4 3 11 6 238

Deputy Chief Executive Officer / Director Collections, Research and Lifelong Learning

98 - 2 12 1 113

Director, Public Programs (formerly Director, Public Engagement) (Acting)

18 - - 2 - 20

Director, Collections, Research and Lifelong Learning (Acting)

134 - 3 10 - 147

Director, Corporate Services 184 - 4 19 - 207

Director, Operations (formerly Operations and Communities)

139 5 6 14 5 169

Chief Operating Officer - - - - - -

Total 1,051 9 23 88 12 1,182

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22. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Transactions with people/entities related to KMP The Queensland Museum did not enter into any transactions with

people, or entities, related to Key Management Personnel beyond normal day-to-day business operations such as official travel reimbursements.

Transactions with other Queensland Government-controlled entities The Queensland Museum transacts with other Queensland

Government controlled entities consistent with normal day-to-day business operations provided under normal terms and conditions. Where transactions with other Queensland Government controlled entities are considered individually significant or material, these have been disclosed as related party transactions in the relevant notes as follows:

• Grants and Other Contributions (Note 5) • Supplies and Services (Note 8) • Other Expenses (Note 9)

23. TAXATION The Board is a State body as defined under the Income Tax

Assessment Act 1936 and is exempt from Commonwealth taxation with the exception of Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) and Goods and Services Tax (GST). FBT and GST are the only taxes accounted for by the Board. GST credits receivable from, and GST payable to the ATO, are recognised.

24. FUTURE IMPACT OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOT YET EFFECTIVE

At the date of authorisation of the financial report, the expected impacts of new or amended Australian Accounting Standards issued but with future commencement dates are set out below:

AASB 1058 Income of Not -for -Profit Entities and AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The transition date for both AASB 15 and AASB 1058 is 1 July 2019. Consequently, these standards will first apply to the Board when preparing the financial statements for 2019-20. The new revenue recognition requirements stipulate that some revenues received by the Board must be recognised gradually as it satisfies its performance obligations. The Board must consider both standards when accounting for grants and contributions from 1 July 2019. The Board has reviewed the impact of AASB 15 and AASB 1058 and identified the following impacts (or estimated impact where indicated) of adopting the new standards:

Special Purpose Capital Grants Under AASB 1058, special purpose grants received to construct

non-financial assets controlled by the Board will initially be deferred and subsequently recognised progressively as revenue as the Board satisfies its performance obligations under the grant.

The Board received one such grant from the Queensland State Government for projects commenced in prior years with purchases and/or construction of new assets required in the 2019-20 financial year, to satisfy the performance obligations under the grant.

At 30 June 2019, the portion of this grant relating to the purchase and/or construction of new assets in the 2019-20 year amounts to $0.27 million. It was recognised as revenue in previous years (not 2018-19) in accordance with AASB 1004.

At the 1 July 2019 transition date, this proportion will be reclassified to unearned revenue. It will increase the unearned revenue liability and hence total liabilities, with a corresponding debit to accumulated surplus of the same amount at the date of transition.

Deferred Grants and Revenues with Contractual Obligations The Board receives special purpose grants and research grants

from various government bodies associated with a range of projects, attached to which are specific performance obligations. The Board also enters into contracts with other organisations whereby performance obligations are specified.

These revenues are required to initially be deferred and subsequently recognised progressively as revenue as the Board satisfies its performance obligations under the grant(s) or the contract(s). These are assessed on a case-by-case basis but the following general categories represent key areas and are described in more details.

Collection and research based grants received from the Commonwealth (including the Australian Biological Resources Study and Australian Research Council) and other organisations are routinely awarded under a competitive process in accordance with a conditions of grant. The Board has assessed these general conditions as follows:

- the Board’s funding contracts with the grantor to provide specified research outcomes is enforceable and the grant (or part thereof) must be refunded if research is not undertaken;

- the contract identifies the Board’s contractual obligations to undertake the research which, are sufficiently specific and routinely represent a single performance obligation;

- the research represents services to the grantor as beneficiary of the research, notwithstanding the research is publicly available; and

- the IP arising from the research rests with the Board. The Board concludes that in these instances, the performance

obligation is satisfied over time as, the grantor receives the research as it is performed and it is made public as it is performed. On that basis, the Board will recognise revenue over time based on the research published under the grant. To the extent that the research is not considered to be sufficiently specific, the Board will recognise funding as revenue upon receipt.

Special grants from government, sponsorship and industry based funding take on a variety of forms and are assessed on a case by case basis. However as a separate category, these revenues are generally attached to specific performance obligations therefore calling for revenue deferral on adoption of these new accounting standards.

At 30 June 2019, the Board has a total of 13 arrangements with various parties where revenues have been recognised however performance obligations are yet to be fulfilled, amounting to $2.85 million.

At the 1 July 2019 transition date, this proportion will be reclassified to unearned revenue. It will increase the unearned revenue liability and hence total liabilities, with a corresponding debit to accumulated surplus of the same amount at the date of transition.

Administered government grant and user charges and fees The Board expects no change to revenue recognition from

administered government grant funding and user charges and fees, including the sale of goods and services. The administered grant funding are for the broader objectives of the Board and will continue to be recognised when earned and can be reliably measured. The sale of goods and services generally comprise of bookshop and cafe sales, admissions and fee for service/consultancy where the delivery of the goods and services to the customer represents the sole performance obligation. The amount of any right of return asset or refund liability has been determined to be negligible and immaterial to record on transition.

Other revenue The major part of other revenue relates to goods and services

received below fair value, in regard to the peppercorn lease for the South Brisbane Cultural Precinct. In accordance with AASB 1058, this peppercorn lease will be subject of the new accounting standard AASB 16 Leases, to be effective 1 July 2019. The remainder of other revenue relates mainly to recovery revenue that based on AASB 1058, requires immediate recognition when earned and can be reliably measured.

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24. FUTURE IMPACT OF ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOT YET EFFECTIVE (CONTD)

AASB 16 Leases This standard will first apply to the Board from its financial statements

for 2019-20. When applied, the standard supersedes AASB 117 Leases, AASB Interpretation 4 Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease, AASB Interpretation 115 Operating Leases – Incentives and AASB Interpretation 127 Evaluating the Substance of Transactions Involving the Legal Form of a Lease.

Impact for lessees Under AASB 16, the majority of operating leases will be reported on the

statement of financial position as right-of-use assets and lease liabilities. The right-of-use asset will be initially recognised at cost, consisting

of the initial amount of the associated lease liability, plus any lease payments made to the lessor at or before the effective date, less any lease incentive received, the initial estimate of restoration costs and any initial direct costs incurred by the lessee. The right-of-use asset will give rise to a depreciation expense.

The lease liability will be initially recognised at an amount equal to the present value of the lease payments during the lease term that are not yet paid. Current operating lease rental payments will no longer be expensed in the statement of comprehensive income. They will be apportioned between a reduction in the recognised lease liability and the implicit finance charge (the effective rate of interest) in the lease. The finance cost will also be recognised as an expense.

AASB 16 allows a ‘cumulative approach’ rather than full retrospective application to recognising existing operating leases. In accordance with Queensland Treasury’s policy, the Board will apply the ‘cumulative approach’, and will not need to restate comparative information. Instead, the cumulative effect of applying the standard is recognised as an adjustment to the opening balance of accumulated surplus (or other component of equity, as appropriate) at the date of initial application.

Outcome of review as a lessee The Board has completed its review of the impact of adoption of

AASB 16 on the statement of financial position and statement of comprehensive income and has identified the major impacts which are outlined below.

The Board held two commercial leases during 2018-19 for the purposes of office accommodation and the storage of State Collection items. Commercial office space is required to support the Museum Development Officer program with a two-year lease option taken up from May 2019. Commercial storage is required to temporarily house a major tractor collection with, the lease set to expire in June 2020. The Board intends to exit this lease at that time.

The Board has determined that the leased assets are each of significant value, do not contain an option to purchase and exhibit no substantive substitution rights. The renewal of the commercial office space lease precludes its exemption under the short-term arrangements and will be represented as a right of use asset and lease liability on transition. The commercial storage lease will be exempted from lease accounting under AASB16 due to its limited term (< 12 months).

The Board also held a lease that have significantly below-market terms and conditions principally to enable the Board to further its objectives. This concessionary lease arrangement is with Arts Queensland (AQ) for premises at Queensland Cultural Centre. Queensland Treasury has advised that not-for-profit agencies consolidated within whole-of-Government will measure all right-of-use assets from concessionary leases at cost on initial recognition until the AASB issues further pronouncements on this matter.

The Board has decided that, effective from 1 July 2019, right-of-use from concessionary leases will be recognised at cost on initial recognition. This requires the recognition treatment of the Board’s concessionary lease with AQ to continue, remain in operating, however will be at cost, rather than at fair value of lease.

The Board has quantified the transitional impact on the statement of financial position and statement of comprehensive income of all qualifying lease arrangements that will be recognised on-balance sheet under AASB 16, as follows:

Statement of financial position impact on 1 July 2019: $22,112 increase in lease liabilities $22,112 increase in right-of-use assets $nil impact on the accumulated surplus Statement of comprehensive income impact expected for the 2019-20

year, compared to 2018-19: $11,056 increase in depreciation and amortisation expense $402 increase in interest expense $11,358 decrease in supplies and services expense This results in a net increase of $100 in total expenses All other Australian accounting standards and interpretations with

future commencement dates are either not applicable to the Board’s activities, or have no material impact on the Board.

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25. FIRST YEAR APPLICATION OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS OR CHANGE IN POLICY

Changes in Accounting Policy The Board did not voluntarily change any of its accounting policies

during 2018-19. Accounting Standards Early Adopted for 2018-19 No Australian Accounting Standards have been early adopted for

2018-19. Accounting Standards Applied for the First Time AASB 9 Financial Instruments The Board applied AASB 9 Financial Instruments for the first time in

2018-19. Comparative information for 2017-18 has not been restated and continue to be reported under AASB 139 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement. The nature and effect of the changes as a result of adoption of this new accounting standard are described below.

Classification and measurement Under AASB 9, debt instruments are categorised into one of three

measurement bases – amortised cost, fair value through other comprehensive income (FVOCI) or fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL). The classification is based on two criteria:

• whether the financial asset’s contractual cash flows represent ‘solely payments of principal and interest’, and

• the Board’s business model for managing the assets. The Board’s debt instruments comprise of receivables. They were

classified as Loans and Receivables as at 30 June 2018 (under AASB 139) and were measured at amortised cost. These receivables are held for collection of contractual cash flows that are solely payments of principal and interest. As such, they continue to be measured at amortised cost beginning 1 July 2018.

Equity instruments within the scope of AASB 9 are measured at FVTPL, with the exception that an equity instrument that’s not held for trading can be irrevocably designated at FVOCI. Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures fall outside of the scope of AASB 9.

The Board’s equity investments comprise of units in the Queensland Investment Corporation Growth Fund disclosed in Note 19. The Board intends to hold this investment for the foreseeable future and has elected to measure the asset at FVTPL beginning 1 July 2018.

AASB 9 Measurement Category

Balances at 1 July 2018

AASB 139 measurement category

Balance at 30 June

2018

Amortised cost

Fair value through

OCI

Fair value through

profit and loss

$'000 $'000 $'000 $'000

Loans and receivables

• Trade and other receivables

3,557 3,557 - -

• Equity investments

- - - -

• QIC Growth Fund

3,515 - - 3,515

7,072 3,557 - 3,515

Impairment AASB 9 requires the loss allowance to be measured using a forward-

looking expected credit loss approach, replacing AASB 139’s incurred loss approach.

On adoption of AASB 9’s new impairment model, the Board recognised no material impairment losses on its trade receivables.

26. TRUST TRANSACTIONS AND BALANCES

Trust Audit Arrangements Harry West Memorial Fund Auditor-General of Queensland

The Board is the Trustee of "The Harry West Memorial Fund" (the Fund), a testamentary trust established in accordance with the last will and testament of the late Henry (Harry) Thomas West. During the 2018-19 year the Fund's assets were invested in the Queensland Investment Corporation's (QIC) Growth Fund. The Board is the sole beneficiary of this Trust.

As the Board acts only in a custodial role in respect of the Trust's assets (which must be maintained in perpetuity), they are not recognised in these financial statements.

Revenue received by the Board as sole beneficiary totalled $138,132 (2017-18 - $169,042).

FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THE HARRY WEST MEMORIAL FUND

2019 2018

$’000 $’000

Income 138 169

Expenses 138 169

Net Surplus - –

Assets 3,175 3,013

Liabilities (94) (71)

Net assets 3,081 2,942

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To the Board of the Queensland Museum

Report on the audit of the financial report Opinion

I have audited the accompanying financial report of the Board of the Queensland Museum (the parent) and its controlled entity (the group).

In my opinion, the financial report:

a) gives a true and fair view of the parent's and group's financial position as at 30 June 2019, and their financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended

b) complies with the Financial Accountability Act 2009, the Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009 and Australian Accounting Standards.

The financial report comprises the statements of financial position as at 30 June 2019, the statements of comprehensive income, statements of changes in equity, statements of cash flows for the year then ended, notes to the financial statements including summaries of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information, and the certificate given by the Board.

Basis for opinion

I conducted my audit in accordance with the Auditor-General of Queensland Auditing Standards, which incorporate the Australian Auditing Standards. My responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Financial Report section of my report.

I am independent of the parent and group in accordance with the ethical requirements of the Code of Ethics for

Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to my audit of the financial report in Australia. I have also fulfilled my other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code and the Auditor-General of Queensland Auditing Standards.

I believe that the audit evidence I have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my opinion.

Responsibilities of the Board for the financial report

The Board is responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view in accordance with the Financial Accountability Act 2009, the Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009 and Australian Accounting Standards, and for such internal control as the Board determines is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

The Board is also responsible for assessing the parent's and group's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters relating to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless it is intended to abolish the parent or group or to otherwise cease operations.

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responsibilities for the audit of the financial report

My objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an

l of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report.

As part of an audit in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards, I exercise professional judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. I also:

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for my opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the parent's and group's internal control.

Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the Board.

Conclude on the appropriateness of the Board use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the parent's or group's ability to continue as a going concern. If I conclude that a material uncertainty

in the financial report or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify my opinion. I base my conclusions on the audit ereport. However, future events or conditions may cause the parent or group to cease to continue as a going concern.

Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report, including the disclosures, and whether the financial report represents the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

Obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the group to express an opinion on the financial report. I am responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the audit of the group. I remain solely responsible for my audit opinion.

I communicate with the Board regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that I identify during my audit.

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Report on other legal and regulatory requirements In accordance with s.40 of the Auditor-General Act 2009, for the year endedn 30 June 2019:

a) I received all the information and explanations I required.

b) In my opinion, the prescribed requirements in relation to the establishment and keeping of accounts were complied with in all material respects.

27 August 2019

Melissa Fletcher Queensland Audit Office as delegate of the Auditor-General Brisbane

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GLOSSARYAICCM The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material

ALA Atlas of Living Australia

ARC Australian Research Council

CABAH Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage

C+C Cobb+Co Museum

CEP Cultural Environments Program

CFO Chief Financial Officer

DAMS Digital Asset Management System

DES Department of Environment and Science

FARMC Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee

GBRF Great Barrier Reef Foundation

HR Human Resources

IMIT Information Management and Information Technology

LGA Local Government Area

MDO Museum Development Officer

LTI Lost Time Injuries

MTQ Museum of Tropical Queensland

NEP Natural Environments Program

NESB Non-English Speaking Backgrounds

PCOL Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan Scheme

PD Professional Development

PPP Personal Planning for Performance

Project DIG Project Digital Infrastructure Growth

QM Queensland Museum

QMATSICC Queensland Museum Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Consultative Committee

QMN Queensland Museum Network

QM&S Queensland Museum including Sciencentre

STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths

TWRM The Workshops Rail Museum

WHS Workplace Health and Safety

WSFB World Science Festival Brisbane

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COMPLIANCE CHECKLISTSUMMARY OF REQUIREMENT BASIS FOR REQUIREMENT

ANNUAL REPORT

REFERENCELETTER OF COMPLIANCE

• A letter of compliance from the accountable officer or statutory body to the relevant Minister/s ARRs – section 7 inside cover

ACCESSIBILITY

• Table of contents• Glossary

ARRs – section 9.11

77

• Public availability ARRs – section 9.2 89

• Interpreter service statementQueensland Government Language Services PolicyARRs – section 9.3

89

• Copyright noticeCopyright Act 1968ARRs – section 9.4

89

• Information LicensingQGEA – Information LicensingARRs – section 9.5

89

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Introductory Information ARRs – section 10.1 2

• Machinery of Government changes ARRs – section 31 and 32 N/A

• Agency role and main functions ARRs – section 10.2 7

• Operating environment ARRs – section 10.3 16

NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

• Government’s objectives for the community ARRs – section 11.1 14

• Other whole-of-government plans / specific initiatives ARRs – section 11.2 14

• Agency objectives and performance indicators ARRs – section 11.3 18

• Agency service areas and service standards ARRs – section 11.4 20

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE • Summary of financial performance ARRs – section 12.1 49

GOVERNANCE – MANAGEMENT & STRUCTURE

• Organisational structure ARRs – section 13.1 31

• Executive management ARRs – section 13.2 38

• Government bodies (statutory bodies and other entities) ARRs – section 13.3 35

• Public Sector Ethics Act 1994Public Sector Ethics Act 1994ARRs – section 13.4

42

• Queensland public service values ARRs – section 13.5 42

GOVERNANCE – RISK MANAGEMENT & ACCOUNTABILITY

• Risk management ARRs – section 14.1 43

• Audit committee ARRs – section 14.2 43

• Internal audit ARRs – section 14.3 43

• External scrutiny ARRs – section 14.4 43

• Information systems and recordkeeping ARRs – section 14.5 44

GOVERNANCE – HUMAN RESOURCES

• Strategic workforce planning and performance ARRs – section 15.1 44

• Early retirement, redundancy and retrenchmentDirective No.04/18 Early Retirement, Redundancy and RetrenchmentARRs – section 15.2

44

OPEN DATA

• Statement advising publication of information ARRs – section 16 46

• Consultancies ARRs – section 33.1 46

• Overseas travel ARRs – section 33.2 46

• Queensland Language Services Policy ARRs – section 33.3 89

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

• Certification of financial statementsFAA – section 62FPMS – sections 42, 43 and 50ARRs – section 17.1

73

• Independent Auditors ReportFAA – section 62FPMS – section 50ARRs – section 17.2

74

FAA Financial Accountability Act 2009 FPMS Financial and Performance Management Standard 2009ARRs Annual report requirements for Queensland Government agencies

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QUEENSLAND MUSEUM NETWORK PUBLICATIONS 2018–2019Peer-Reviewed Publications 2018- 2019 (120 PEER REVIEW)

1. Allsopp, P.G. 2018. Alepida, a new genus for seven Australian species attributed to Lepidiota Kirby, 1828 and one new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini). Australian Entomologist 45, 441–464.

2. Allsopp, P.G. & Hudson, P.J. 2019. Novapus bifidus Carne, 1957, a primary homonym and synonym of Novapus bifidus Lea, 1910 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Zootaxa 4560, 576–578.

3 . Alyssa, M., Fontanilla, A.M., Nakamura, A., Xu, Z., Cao, M., Kitching, R.L., Tang, Y. & Burwell, C.J. 2019. Taxonomic and functional ant diversity along tropical, subtropical, and subalpine elevational transects in southwest China. Insects 10, 128.

4. Amey, A.P., Couper, P.J. & Worthington Wilmer, J. 2019. A new species of Lerista Bell, 1833 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, belonging to the Lerista allanae clade but strongly disjunct from other members of the clade. Zootaxa 4613, 161–171.

5. Amey, A.P., Couper, P.J. & Worthington Wilmer, J. 2018. A two-toed population of the critically endangered Retro Slider Skink, Lerista allanae (Longman, 1937) (Reptilia: Scincidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 61, 71–81.

6. Amey, A.P., Couper, P.J. & Worthington Wilmer, J. 2019. Two new species of Lerista Bell, 1833 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from north Queensland populations formerly assigned to Lerista storri Greer, McDonald and Lawrie, 1983. Zootaxa 4577, 473–493.

7. Ashman, L.G., Bragg, J.G., Doughty, P., Bank, S., Matzke, N.J., Oliver, P. & Moritz, C. 2018. Diversification across biomes in a continental lizard radiation. Evolution 72, 1553–1569.

8. Barnes, R.S.K. 2018. Spatial structure of a multi-species guild: the dominant biofilm-grazing microgastropods of seagrass. Hydrobiologia 827, 293–307.

9. Barnes, R.S.K. & Laurie, H. 2018. Seagrass macrofaunal abundance shows both multifractality and scale-invariant patchiness. Marine Environmental Research 138, 84–95.

10. Baehr, B.C., Schubert, J. & Harms, D. 2019. The brushed jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from eastern Australia. Evolutionary Systematics 3, 53–73.

11. Beard, J.J., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G.R., Pooley, C. & Dowling, A.P.G. 2018. Raoiella of the world (Trombidiformes: Tetranychoidea: Tenuipalpidae). Zootaxa 4501, 1–300.

12. Beaulieu, F. & Beard, J.J. 2018. Acarine biocontrol agents Neoseiulus californicus sensu Athias-Henriot (1977) and N. barkeri Hughes (Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae) redescribed, their synonymies assessed, and the identity of N. californicus (McGregor) clarified based on examination of types. Zootaxa 4500, 1–57.

13. Bishop, P.J., Hocknull, S.A., Clemente, C.J., Hutchinson, J.R., Farke, A.A., Beck, B.R., Barrett, R.S. & Lloyd, D.G. 2018. Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part I – an examination of cancellous bone architecture in the hindlimb bones of theropods. PeerJ 6, e5778.

14. Bishop, P.J., Hocknull, S.A., Clemente, C.J., Hutchinson, J.R., Barrett, R.S. & Lloyd, D.G. 2018. Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part II – a new approach to inferring posture and locomotor biomechanics in extinct tetrapod vertebrates. PeerJ 6, e5779.

15. Bishop, P.J., Hocknull, S.A., Clemente, C.J., Hutchinson, J.R., Farke, A.A., Barrett, R.S. & Lloyd, D.G. 2018. Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part III – Inferring posture and locomotor biomechanics in extinct theropods, and its evolution on the line to birds. PeerJ 6, e5777.

16. Bishop, P.J., Scofield, R.P. & Hocknull, S.A. 2019. The architecture of cancellous bone in the hindlimb of moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes), with implications for stance and gait. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2019.1594380.

17. Brock, P.D. & Monteith, G.B. 2018. A striking new species of Parapodacanthus Brock (Phasmida: Phasmatidae) from southeastern Queensland. Australian Entomologist 48, 17–26.

18. Bruce, N.L. & Shimomura, M. 2019. A new genus and species of deep-water marine cirolanid isopod (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67, 1–13.

19. Burrow, C.J., Turner, S., Trinajstic, K. & Young, G.C. 2019. Late Silurian vertebrate microfossils from the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 43, 204–219.

20. Castro, E.B., Beard, J.J., Ochoa, R. & Feres, R.J.F. 2018. Two species of Acaricis (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from New Zealand, moved from the genus Tenuipalpus, with a key to the known species. Acarologia 58, 855–867.

21. Castro, E.B., Beard, J.J., Ochoa, R. & Feres, R.J.F. 2018. Redescription of Tenuipalpus palosapis Corpuz-Raros (Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) from the Philippines, with comparison to related species. International Journal of Acarology 44, 80–89.

22. Castro, E.B., Beard, J.J., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G.R. & Feres, R.J.F. 2018. Two new species of Tenuipalpus sensu stricto (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Brazil, with a discussion on the ontogeny of leg setae. Zootaxa 4540, 178–210.

23. Christy, A.G. 2018. The diversity of mineral species: how many are there, who do some elements form more than others, and how complex can they get? Australian Journal of Mineralogy 19, 21–33.

24. Christy, A.G. 2018. Quantifying lithophilicity, chalcophilicity and siderophilicity. European Journal of Mineralogy 30, 193–204.

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25. Christy, A.G. 2018. Sulfate minerals. In: W.M. White (ed.). Earth Science Series. Encyclopaedia of Geochemistry. Springer International, 1557 pp.

26. Cooper, M.A., Hawthorne, F.C., Roberts, A.C., Stanley, C.J., Spratt, J. & Christy, A.G. 2019. Gaildunningite, ideally Hg2+3[NHg2+2]18(Cl,I)24, a new mineral from the Clear Creek mine, San Benito County, California, USA: description and crystal structure. Canadian Mineralogist 57, 1–16.

27. Cooper, A.M., MacDonald, C., Roberts, T.E. & Bridge, T.C.L. 2019. Variability in the functional composition of coral reef fish communities on submerged and emergent reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. PLoS ONE 14, e0216785.

28. Cramb, J., Price, G.J. & Hocknull, S.A. 2018. Short-tailed mice with a long fossil record: the genus Leggadina (Rodentia: Muridae) from the Quaternary of Queensland, Australia. PeerJ 6, e5639.

29. Cumming, R.L. & Sebastian, P. 2018. New encrusting species of Lanceoporidae (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa 4500, 104–114.

30. Cumming, R.L., Gordon, D.P. & Gowlett-Holmes, K. 2018. Chapter 9. Bryozoans in the marine benthos. In: P.L. Cook, P.E. Bock, D.P. Gordon, H.J. Weaver (eds.). Australian Bryozoa, Volume 1: Biology, Ecology and Natural History. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 145–162.

31. Daniels, G. 2018. Designation of a neotype for the Australian robber fly Ommatius dimidiatus Macquart, a new senior synonym of Ommatius pilosus White and Ommatius levis White (Diptera: Asilidae: Ommatiinae). Zootaxa 4450, 196–202.

32. Dunlop, J.A., Walter, D.E. & Kontschán, J. 2018. A putative fossil sejid mite (Parasitiformes: Mesostigmata) in Baltic amber re-identified as an anystine (Acariformes: Prostigmata). Acarologia 58, 665–672.

33. Ebert, K.M., Monteith, G.B., Menéndez, R. & Merritt, D.J. 2019. Bait preferences of Australian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in tropical and subtropical Queensland forests. Austral Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/aen.12396.

34. Ekins, M. 2019. Tunicates (ascidians and their allies). In: P. Hutchings, M. Kingsford & O. Hoegh-Guldberg (eds.). The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management, Second Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 377–388.

35. El-Demerdash, A., Atanasov, A.G., Horbanczuk, O.K.;, Tammam, M.A., Abdel-Mogib, M., Hooper, J.N.A., Sekeroglu, N., Al-Mourabit, A. & Kijjoa, A. 2019. Chemical diversity and biological activities of marine sponges of the genus Suberea: a systematic review. Marine Drugs 17, 115.

36. Fraaije, R.H.B., Lopez-Horgue, M.A., Bruce, N.L., van Bakel, B.W.M., Artal, P., Jagt, J.W.M. & Klompmaker, A.A. 2019. New isopod and achelatan crustaceans from mid Cretaceous reefal limestones in the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, northern Spain. Cretaceous Research 101, 61–69.

37. Framenau, V.W. & Baehr, B.C. 2018. The wolf spider genus Artoria in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia (Araneae, Lycosidae, Artoriinae). Evolutionary Systematics 2, 169–241.

38. Galitz, A., Cook, S. de C., Ekins, M., Hooper, J.N.A., Nauann, P.T., de Voogd, N.J., Wahab, M.A.,

39. Wörheide,G. & Erpenbeck, D. 2018. Identification of an aquaculture poriferan “Pest with Potential” and its phylogenetic implications. PeerJ 6, e5586.

40. Harrison, S.E., Rix, M.G., Harvey, M.S. & Austin, A.D. 2018. Systematics of the Australian spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Blakistonia Hogg (Araneae: Idiopidae). Zootaxa 4518, 1–76.

41. Holcroft, L. 2018. Protoconch sculpture as a taxonomic tool in Australian charopid systematics (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Charopidae). Molluscan Research 38, 258–273.

42. Holcroft, L. 2018. A revision of Charopidae with a finely cancellate protoconch sculpture from mid-eastern Queensland (Eupulmonata: Charopidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 61, 83–108.

43. Holcroft, L. & Stanisic, J. 2018. Thirteen new charopid land snails from mid-eastern Queensland rainforests (Gastropoda: Eupulmonata: Charopidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 61, 155–186.

44. Hooper, J. 2019. Sponges. In: P. Hutchings, M. Kingsford & O. Hoegh-Guldberg (eds.). The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management, Second Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 229–246.

45. Horowitz, J., Opresko, D. & Bridge, T. 2018. Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the deep (916–2542 m) Coral Sea, north-eastern Australia. Zootaxa 4472, 307–326.

46. Hu, Y.-Z., Young, G.C., Burrow, C., Zhu, Y.-a. & Lu, J., 2018. High resolution XCT scanning reveals complex morphology of gnathal elements in an Early Devonian arthrodire. Palaeoworld, DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2018.12.003.

47. Hutchinson, P.M. & Allsopp, P.G. 2019.Revisiting Nephrodopus Sharp, 1873, with the description of a new species and a female (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Australian Entomologist 46, 1–14.

48. Irestedt, M., Ericson, P.G.P., Johansson, U.S., Oliver, P., Joseph, J. & Blom, M.P.K. 2019. No signs of genetic erosion in a 19th century genome of the extinct Paradise Parrot (Psephotellus pulcherrimus). Diversity 11, 58.

49. Jiang, Y., Brice, B., Nguyen, M.M., Loh, R., Greay, T., Adlard, R., Ryan, U.M. & Yang, R. 2019. Further characterization of Leucocytozoon podargii in wild tawny frogmouths (Podargus strigoides) in Western Australia. Parasitology Research 118, 1833–1840.

50. Johnson, J.W. & Motomura, H. 2018 Five new species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) from southeast Asia and northwest Australia. Zootaxa 4320, 121–145.

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51. Johnson, J.W. & Worthington Wilmer, J. 2018. Three new species of Parapercis (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) and first records of P. muronis (Tanaka, 1918) and P. rubromaculata Ho, Chang & Shao, 2012 from Australia. Zootaxa 4388, 151–181.

52. Jusoh, W.F.A., Ballantyne, L., Lambkin, C.L., Hashim, N.R. & Wahlberg, N. 2018. The firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier revisited (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 4456, 1-71.

53. Leach, E.C., Burwell, C.J., Jones, D.N. & Kitching, R.L. 2018. Identifying avian indicators of elevation in the Gondwanan rainforests of Australia. Pacific Conservation Biology 25, 143–150.

54. Leach, E.C., Burwell, C.J., Sharpe, R.G., Jones D.N. & Kitching, R.L. 2019. Estimating the population sizes of rainforest birds of the Tweed Caldera. Australian Field Ornithology 35: 119–125.

55. Lum, K.Y., Carroll, A.R., Ekins, M.G., Read, S., Haq, Z., Tietjen, I., St John, J. & Davis, R.A. 2019. Capillasterin A, a novel pyrano [2,3-f] chromene from the Australian crinoid Capillaster multiradiatus. Marine Drugs 17, 26.

56. MacDonald, C, Jones, GP, Bridge, T. 2018. Marginal sinks or potential refuges? Costs and benefits for coral-obligate reef fishes at deep range margins. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 285, 20181545.

57. Mahdavi, S.M., Asadi, M. & Seeman, O.D. 2019. A new species of Tenuipalpus (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) from Iran with notes on the bakeri subgroup. International Journal of Acarology, DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2019.1611921.

58. Maisey, J.G., Janvier, P., Pradel, A., Denton, J.S.S., Bronson, A., Miller, R. & Burrow, C.J. 2019. Doliodus and pucapampellids: contrasting perspectives on stem chondrichthyan morphology. In: C. Underwood, M. Richter & Z. Johanson (Eds.). Evolution and Development of Fishes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 87–109.

59. Malyutina, M.V. & Bruce, N.L. 2019. The first record of Gnathostenetroididea Kussakin, 1967 from Australian waters with description of four new species of Gnathostenetroides Amar, 1957 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota) from the Great Barrier Reef. Zootaxa 4552: 301–350.

60. Marsh, J.R., Baehr, B.C., Glatz, R.V. & Framenau, V.W. 2018. New species of tube web spiders of the genus Ariadna from South Australia (Araneae, Segestriidae). Evolutionary Systematics 2, 137–149.

61. Maulana, A., Christy, A.G., Ellis, D.J. & Bröcker, M. 2019. The distinctive tectonic and metamorphic history of the Barru Block, South Sulawesi, Indonesia: petrological, geochemical and geochronological evidence. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 172, 170–189.

62. McFadden, C.S., Gonzalez, A., Imada, R., Shi, S.S., Hong, P., Ekins, M. & Benayahu, Y. 2019. Molecular operational taxonomic units reveal restricted geographic ranges and regional endemism in the Indo-Pacific octocoral family Xeniidae. Journal of Biogeography 46, 992-1006.

63. Mills, S.J., Christy, A.G. & Favreau, G. 2018. The crystal structure of ceruleite, CuAl4[AsO4]2(OH)8(H2O)4, from Cap Garonne, France. Mineralogical Magazine 82, 181–187.

64. Mineiro, J.L.C., Sato, M.E., Ochoa, R., Beard, J. & Bauchan, G. 2018. Revisão taxonômica do ácaro da leprose dos citros e sua distribuição no Brasil. Citrus Research and Technology 39, 1–11.

65. Mitchell, M.L., Shafee, T., Papenfuss, A.T. & Norton, R.S. 2019. Evolution of cnidarian trans-defensins: Sequence structure and exploration of chemical space. Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics 87, 551–560.

66. Muir, P.R., Wallace, C.C., Pichon, M. & Bongaerts P. 2018. High species richness and lineage diversity of reef corals in the mesophotic zone. Proceedings Royal Society Series B 285, 20181987.

67. Muir, P.R., Pichon, M., Squire, L. Jnr & Wallace, C.C. 2018. Acropora tenella, a zooxanthellate coral extending to 110m depth in the northern Coral Sea. Marine Biodiversity 49, 809–814.

68. Mutton, T.Y., Fuller, S.J., Tucker, D. & Baker, A.M. 2018. Discovered and disappearing? Conservation genetics of a recently named Australian carnivorous marsupial. Ecology and Evolution 8, 9413–9425.

69. Mutton, T.Y., Phillips, M.J., Fuller, S.J., Bryant, L.M. & Baker, A.M. 2019. Systematics, biogeography and ancestral state of the Australian marsupial genus Antechinus (Dasyuromorphia: Dasyuridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186, 553–568.

70. Myers, A.A., Lowry, J.K. & Barnes, R.S.K. 2018. First record of the genus Eriopisella Chevreux, 1920 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Eriopisidae) from Australia, with the description of a new species, Eriopisella moretoni sp. nov. Zootaxa 4514, 256–262.

71. Nakamura, J., Takayama, M., Worthington Wilmer, J., Johnson, J.W. & Motomura, H. 2019. First Japanese record of the speckled grouper Epinephelus magniscuttis (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Osumi Islands. Species Diversity 23, 225–228.

72. Newman, M.J., Burrow, C.J. & den Blaauwen, J.L. 2019. The givetian vertebrate fauna from the Fiskekløfta member (Mimerdalen subgroup), Svalbard. Part I. Stratigraphic and faunal review. Part II. Acanthodii. Norwegian Journal of Geology 99, 1–16.

73. Oliver, P.M., Günther, R., Mumpuni, G. & Richards, S.J. 2019. Systematics of New Guinea tree frogs (Litoria: Pelodryadidae) with erectile rostral spikes: an extended description of Litoria pronimia and a new species from the Foja Mountains. Zootaxa 4604, 335–348.

74. Oliver, P.M., Richards, S.J. & Donne, S.C. 2019. Two new species of treefrog (Pelodrydidae: Litoria) from southern New Guinea elucidated by DNA barcoding. Zootaxa 4609, 469–484.

75. Oliver, P.M., Ashman, L.G., Bank, S., Laver, R.J., Pratt, R.C. & Tedeschi, L.G. 2019. On and off the rocks: persistence and ecological diversification in a tropical Australian lizard radiation. BMC Evolutionary Biology 19, 81.

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76. Pavey, C.R., Burwell, C.J., Körtner, G. & Geiser, F. 2018. Trophic ecology of marsupial predators in arid Australia following reshaping of predator assemblages. Journal of Mammalogy 99, 1128–1136.

77. Popple, L.W. 2019. Redescription of Myopsalta binotata (Goding and Froggatt) (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadettini) from South Australia, with first documentation of its calling song. Australian Entomologist 46, 65–74.

78. Rix, M.G., Raven, R.J., Austin, A.D., Cooper, S.J.B. & Harvey, M.S. 2018. Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spider genus Bungulla (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae): revealing a remarkable radiation of mygalomorph spiders from the Western Australian arid zone. Journal of Arachnology 46, 249–344.

79. Rix, M.G., Raven, R.J. & Harvey, M.S. 2018. Systematics of the giant spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Gaius (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Aganippini): documenting an iconic lineage of the Western Australian inland arid zone. Journal of Arachnology 46, 438–472.

80. Rix, M.G., Wilson, J.D. & Harvey, M.S. 2019. A revision of the white-headed spiny trapdoor spiders of the genus Euoplos (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae: Arbanitinae): a remarkable lineage of rare mygalomorph spiders from the south-western Australian biodiversity hotspot. Journal of Arachnology 47, 63–76.

81. Rix, M.G., Wilson, J.D., Rix, A.G., Wojcieszek, A.M., Huey, J.A. & Harvey, M.S. 2019. Population demography and biology of a new species of giant spiny trapdoor spider (Araneae: Idiopidae: Euoplos) from inland Queensland: developing a ‘slow science’ study system to address a conservation crisis. Austral Entomology 58, 282–297.

82. Roberts, T.E., Bridge, T.C.L., Caley, M.J., Madin, J.S. & Baird, A.H. 2019. Resolving the depth zonation paradox in reef-building corals. Ecology, DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2761.

83. Rozefelds, A.C., Dettmann, M.E., Milroy, A.K., Hammond, A., Clifford, H.T. & Ekins, M. 2018. The unexpected, recent history of horsetails in Australia. Australian Systematic Botany 32, 255–268.

84. Schoeb, M., Werner, R., Janetzki, H. & Debus, S.J.S. 2019. Black Falcons Falco subniger breeding near Mackay in coastal Queensland. Australian Field Ornithology 36, 40–46.

85. Seeman, O.D. & Nahrung, H.F. 2018. In short- or long-term relationships, size does matter: body size patterns in the Mesostigmata (Acari: Parasitiformes). International Journal of Acarology 44, 360–366.

86. Seeman, O.D. 2019. The megisthanid mites (Mesostigmata: Megisthanidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 4563, 1–40.

87. Shafee, T., Mitchell, M.L. & Norton, R.S. 2019. Mapping the chemical and sequence space of the ShKT superfamily. Toxicon 165, 95–102.

88. Shahdadi, A., Davie, P.J.F. & Schubart, C.D. 2019. A new species of Parasesarma (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from northern Australian mangroves and its distinction from morphologically similar species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 279, 116–125.

89. Sih, T.L., Daniell, J.J., Bridge, T.C.L., Beaman, R.J., Cappo, M. & Kingsford, M.J. 2019. Deep-reef fish communities of the Great Barrier Reef shelf-break: trophic structure and habitat associations. Diversity 11, 26.

90. Smallhorn-West, P., Bridge, T., Malimali, S., Pressey, R. & Jones, G. 2018. Predicting impact to assess the efficacy of community-based marine reserve design. Conservation Letters 12, e12602.

91. Sorokin, S., Ekins, M., Yang, Q. & Cárdenas, P. 2019. A new deep-water Tethya (Porifera, Tethyida, Tethyidae) from the Great Australian Bight and an updated Tethyida phylogeny. European Journal of Taxonomy 529, 1–26.

92. Stanisic, J., Shea, M., Potter, D. & Griffiths, O. 2018. Australian Land Snails: Volume 2 – A Field Guide to Southern, Central and Western Species. Bioculture Press, Mauritius, 594 pp.

93. Svavarsson, J. & Bruce, N.L. 2019. New gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida) from Heron Island and Wistari Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef. Zootaxa 4609, 31–67.

94. Thomson, J.A., Whitman, E.R., Garcia-Rojas, M.I., Bellgrove, A., Ekins, M., Hays, G.C. & Heithaus, M.R. 2018. Individual specialization in a migratory grazer reflects long-term diet selectivity on a foraging ground: implications for isotope-based tracking. Oecologia 188, 429–439.

95. Vega, F.J., Bruce, N.L., González-Léon, O. & Jeremiah, J. 2019. Lower Cretaceous marine isopods (Isopoda: Cirolanidae, Sphaeromatidae) from the San Juan Raya and Tlayúa Formations, Puebla, Mexico. Journal of Crustacean Biology 39, 121–135.

96. Wallace, C.C. 2019. Hexacorals 2: reef-building or hard corals (Scleractinia). In: P. Hutchings, M. Kingsford & O. Hoegh-Guldberg (eds.). The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management, Second Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp.267–282.

97. Wallace, C.C. & Crowther, A.L. 2019. Hexacorals 1: sea anemones and anemone-like animals (Actiniaria, Zoantheria, Corallimorpharia and Antipatharia). In: P. Hutchings, M. Kingsford & O. Hoegh-Guldberg (eds.). The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management, Second Edition. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 257–266.

98. Will, K. & Monteith, G.B. 2018. Multi-locus phylogeny, taxonomic review and description of new species of Australian 'Nurus' (Sensu Stricto) Motschulsky, 1865 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini). Australian Entomologist 45, 353–388.

99. Wilson, J.D., Rix, M.G., Raven, R.J., Schmidt, D.J. & Hughes, J.M. 2019. Systematics of the palisade trapdoor spiders (Euoplos) of south-eastern Queensland (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae): four new species distinguished by their burrow entrance architecture. Invertebrate Systematics 33, 253–276.

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100. Zhang, Z.-Q., Seeman, O., Fuangarworn, M. & Fan, Q.-H. (Eds.). 2018. Ontogeny and morphological diversity in immature mites (Part I). Zootaxa 4540, 224 pp.

101. Stell, M., G. Mate and C. Pocock (2018) Better ways of seeing landscapes: The Queensland Historical Atlas. Queensland Review. https://doi.org/10.1017/qre.2018.25

102. Skippington, J., P. Veth, T. Manne and M. Slack (2019) Pre-analytical processing of archaeological mammal enamel apatite carbonates for stable isotope investigations: A comparative analysis of the effects of acid treatment on samples from Northwest Australia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, First published: 30 May 2019

103. Hopkins-Weise, J. and Shiels, R. (2018) The battle of Amiens centenary and the capture of the Amiens gun [online]. Sabretache, Vol. 59, No. 4, Dec 2018: 4-11.

104. Hopkins-Weise, J. and Shiels, R. (2018) Railways in World War One: Their place in the Australasian military railways journey - part 2 [online]. Sabretache, Vol. 59, No. 3, Sep 2018: 16-24.

105. Wilson, J. (2018) At a Crossroads: Queensland Transport in 1924. Global Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology 5(3): 555664.

106. Astrup, P.M., C. Skriver, J. Benjamin, F. Stankewicz, I. Ward, J. McCarthy, P. Ross, P. Baggaley, S. Ulm and G. Bailey in press Underwater shell middens: Excavation and remote sensing of a submerged Mesolithic site at Hjarnø, Denmark. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. https://doi.org/15564894.2019.1584135.

107. Bird, M.I., S.A. Condie, S. O’Connor, D. O’Grady, C. Reepmeyer, S. Ulm, M. Zega, F. Saltré and C.J.A. Bradshaw submitted Early human settlement of Sahul was not an accident. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42946-9.

108. Bradshaw, C.J.A., S. Ulm, A.N. Williams, M.I. Bird, R.G. Roberts, Z. Jacobs, F. Lavianoa, L.S. Weyrich, T. Friedrich, K. Norman and F. Saltré in press Minimum founding populations for the first peopling of Sahul. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0902-6.

109. Veth, P., J. McDonald, I. Ward, M. O’Leary, E. Beckett, J. Benjamin, S. Ulm, J. Hacker, P.J. Ross and G. Bailey in press A strategy for assessing continuity in terrestrial and maritime landscapes from Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago), North West Shelf, Australia. Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2019.1572677

110. Rowe, C., B. David, J. Mialanes, S. Ulm, F. Petchey, S. Aird, I.J. McNiven, M. Leavesley and T. Richards in press A Holocene record of savanna vegetation dynamics in southern lowland Papua New Guinea. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-019-00724-7.

111. Moss, P.T., S. Ulm, L. Mackenzie, L.A. Wallis, D. Rosendahl and L. Steinberger 2019 Robust local vegetation records from dense archaeological shell matrixes: A palynological analysis of the Thundiy shell deposit, Bentinck Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 11(2):511-520. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-016-0394-0

112. Fitzpatrick, A., I.J. McNiven, J. Specht and S. Ulm 2018 Stylistic analysis of stone arrangements supports regional cultural interactions along the northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Australian Archaeology 84(2):129-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/03122417.2018.1507807

113. Piotto, E.L., A. Ross, C. Perryman and S. Ulm 2018 Deliberate selection of rocks in the construction of the Gummingurru Stone Arrangement Site Complex, Darling Downs, Queensland. Queensland Archaeological Research 21:27-38. https://doi.org/10.25120/qar.21.2018.3649

114. Sloss, C.R., L. Nothdurft, Q. Hua, S.G. O’Connor, P.T. Moss, D. Rosendahl, L.M. Petherick, R.A. Nanson, L.L. Mackenzie, A. Sternes, G.E. Jacobsen and S. Ulm 2018 Holocene sea-level change and coastal landscape evolution in the southern Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. The Holocene 28(9):1411-1430. https://www.doi.org/10.1177/0959683618777070.

115. Kreij, A., J. Scriffignano, D. Rosendahl, T. Nagel and S. Ulm 2018 Aboriginal stone-walled intertidal fishtrap morphology, function and chronology investigated with high-resolution close-range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle photogrammetry. Journal of Archaeological Science 96:148-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2018.05.012

116. Bird, M.I. R.J. Beaman, S.A. Condie, A. Cooper, S. Ulm and P. Veth 2018 Palaeogeography and voyage modeling indicates early human colonization of Australia was likely from Timor-Roti. Quaternary Science Reviews 191:431-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.04.027

117. Disspain, M.C.F., S. Ulm, N. Draper, J. Newchurch, S. Fallon and B.M. Gillanders 2018 Long-term archaeological and historical archives for mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus, populations in eastern South Australia. Fisheries Research 205:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.03.009

118. Kenady, S.L., K.M. Lowe, P.V. Ridd and S. Ulm 2018 Creating volume estimates for buried shell deposits: A comparative experimental case study using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and electrical resistivity under varying soil conditions. Archaeological Prospection 25(2):121-136. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.1594

119. Williams, A.N., S. Ulm, T. Sapienza, S. Lewis and C.S.M. Turney 2018 Sea-level change and demography during the last glacial termination and early Holocene across the Australian continent. Quaternary Science Reviews 182:144-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.11.030

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120. Kenady, S.L., K.M. Lowe and S. Ulm 2018 Determining the boundaries, structure and volume of buried shell matrix deposits using ground-penetrating radar: A case study from northern Australia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 17:538-549. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.12.015

121. Piddocke, M. (2019) Martin Armstrong: a long way from the man he was. Queensland History Journal, Vol. 23, No. 12, Feb 2019: 832-846.

Research papers (number published) - non peer reviewed (3)

1. Volker, M., Trill, S. F., & Trill, V., Deas, I. & Ipswich Genealogical Society Inc., (2018) From rail to war: Queensland Railways employees who enlisted in the Great War 1914-1918 & the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902, Ipswich Genealogical Society Inc, Ipswich, [Queensland]

2. Wills, J, 2019. "Hidden Treasure: The Story of a Wedding Dress and Its Maker", Textile Fibre Forum Magazine #134, June

3. Jateff, E. & McAllister, M. (2019) 'What happens now that we've found the site of the lost Australian freighter SS Iron Crown, Sunk in WWII', The Conversation, 24 April 2019, online article

Popular Publications (6)

1. Christy, A.G. 2018. What is a gem? And why painite from Myanmar can fetch US$60,000 per carat. The Conversation, 1 August 2018, https://theconversation.com/what-is-a-gem-and-why-painite-from-myanmar-can-fetch-us-60-000-per-carat-97453.

2. Lambkin, C.L. 2018. Additional ESQ Requirements for QLD Collecting Permit – Why? News Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Queensland 46, 70–75.

3. Lambkin, C.L. 2019. Pigeon Louse Pseudolynchia canariensis (Hippoboscidae) in Australia. News Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Queensland 46, 168–169.

4. Muir, P.R. 2018. Exploring the twilight zone of the Great Barrier Reef. Ocean Geographic 43, 16–24.

5. Wilson, J.D. 2019. Trapdoor spider species that stay local put themselves at risk. The Conversation, 5 April 2019, https://theconversation.com/trapdoor-spider-species-that-stay-local-put-themselves-at-risk-114588.

6. Thompson, G. 2019. A Special Place: Queensland, Australia. Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Journal of Natural Science Illustration JNSI 2019, volume 51, number 1.

Book reviews (1)

1. Healy, J. 2019. Book Review: Australian Land Snails. Volume 2: A Field Guide to Southern, Central and Western Species (by J. Stanisic, M. Shea, D. Potter & O. Griffiths). Molluscan Research 39, 290.

Conference Abstracts (25)

1. Beard, J.J., Ochoa, R., Bauchan, G.R., Pooley, C. & Dowling, A.P.G. 2018. Revision of the genus Raoiella (Acariformes: Tenuipalpidae). Acarological Society of America, Current Advances in Acarology Symposium (Vancouver, Canada, 11 November 2018).

2. Blomberg, S.P., Amey, A., Couper, P.J. & Worthington Wilmer, J. 2019.Regularisation methods for detecting population differentiation: an example with Lerista. Combined Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists and the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand (Kindilan, Queensland, 2018).

3. Brown, J.L., Dyer, S., Mungall, J.E., Ellis, D.J. & Christy, A.G. 2018. High-pressure Cu-Fe-S phase equilibria: some experimental and thermodynamic constraints on sulfides in subduction zones and the lithospheric mantle. Resources for Future Generations 2018 Conference (Vancouver, Canada, 10–21 June 2018).

4. Christy, A.G. 2018. Crystal chemistry, geochemistry and spatiotemporal inhomogeneity as drivers of mineral diversity. Invited keynote talk to the International Mineralogical Association 22nd General Meeting (Melbourne, Australia, 11–18 August 2018).

5. Couper, P.J., Limpus, C. & Amey, A.P. 2018. The Loggerhead Turtle ‘Hatchery’ – promoting conservation through public engagement. Combined Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists and the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand (Kindilan, Queensland, 2018).

6. Couper, P.J. & Amey, A.P. 2018. The World Science Festival’s Loggerhead Turtle ‘hatchery’. 4th Australian Marine Turtle Symposium (Bundaberg, Queensland).

7. Haugen, M.N., Berning, B., Cumming, R.L., Hirose, M., Sannum, M., Waeschenbach, A., Liow, L.H. & Orr, R.J.S. 2019. The first phylogeny of family Adeonidae solely based on genome skimmed data. 18th International Bryozoology Association Conference (Liberec, Czech Republic, June 2019).

8. Hooper, J.N.A. 2018. Convention on Biological Diversity, Nagoya Protocol, access and benefit sharing regulations from an international perspective. IGNITE Innovative Training Network, Early Career Researcher Summer School (Split, Croatia, 26 August–5 September 2018).

9. Hooper, J.N.A. 2018. What do we still not know? The “marine unknowns”, and why they matter. Invited plenary talk to 5th Young Reef Scientists Conference (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany, 6–8 September 2018).

10. Mills, S.J. & Christy, A.G. 2018. Structural complexities in the lavendulan family. International Mineralogical Association 22nd General Meeting (Melbourne, Australia, 11–18 August 2018).

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11. Mills, S.J., Christy, A.G., Reith, F., Prentis, P., O’Dowd, P. & Rumney, J. 2018. Mineral-microbe interactions on the Great Barrier Reef: understanding reef health and susceptibility to climate change. International Mineralogical Association 22nd General Meeting (Melbourne, Australia, 11–18 August 2018).

12. Orr, R.J.S., Berning, B., Cumming, R.L., Di Martino, E., Gordon, D.P., Haugen, M.N., Kotenko, O., Kuklinski, P., Jenkins, H., Mello, H, Obst, M., Ostrovsky, A.N., Ramsfjell, M.H., Sannum, M., Smith, A.M., Taylor, P.D., Waeschenbach, A. & Liow, L.H. 2019. Cheilostome phylogeny: 300 taxa and growing. 18th International Bryozoology Association Conference (Liberec, Czech Republic, June 2019).

13. Piwoni-Piórewicz A., Krzemińska M., Achilleos K., Boonzaaier M.K., Cumming R.L., Figuerola B., Florence W.K., Gordon D., Gudmundsson G., Hagemann S., Liow L.H., Lombardi C., Mello H., Novosel M., O’Dea A., Ostrovsky A., Porter J.S., Shunatova N., Smith A.M., Sokolover N., Vieira L.M., Waeschenbach A. & Kukliński P. 2019. Revealing global patterns in bryozoan skeletal mineralogy. 18th International Bryozoology Association Conference (Liberec, Czech Republic, June 2019).

14. Rix, M.G., Harvey, M.S., Austin, A.D., Cooper, S.J.B., Raven, R.J., Wilson, J.D., Huey, J.A. & Harrison, S.E. 2019. Conservation systematics of Australia’s spiny trapdoor spiders (Idiopidae): revealing a continental fauna before it’s too late. 21st International Congress of Arachnology (Canterbury, New Zealand, 10–15 Feb 2019).

15. Tallowin, O. & Oliver, P.M. 2018. Forest dragons in New Guinea: refugees or first settlers? Combined Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists and the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand (Kindilan, Queensland, 2018).

16. Tedeshi, L.G., Kraus, F, Austin, C & Oliver, P.M. 2018. Papua New Guinea – a diversity hotspot for Nactus. Combined Meeting of the Australian Society of Herpetologists and the Society for Research on Amphibians and Reptiles in New Zealand (Kindilan, Queensland, 2018).

17. Turner, S. 2019. Far-flung female (and bone-hunting) fellows. Conference to Celebrate the Centenary of the First Female Fellows of the Geological Society London (Burlington House, London, England, 21 May 2019).

18. Wilson, J.D., Rix, M.G., Schmidt, D., Hughes, J. & Raven, R. 2019. Enigmatic architects of eastern Australia: integrating morphology, molecules and burrow architecture to resolve the systematics of the golden trapdoor spiders (Idiopidae: Arbanitinae: Euoplini). 21st International Congress of Arachnology (Canterbury, New Zealand, 10–15 Feb 2019).

19. Kindt, K. 2018. Between the Glass: Traversing the world and unearthing the remnants of Piltdown Man. Paper presented at The Magic Lantern in Australia and the World Conference. Australian National University & National Film and Sound Archive. 4-6 September 2018

20 . Wilson, J. 2018. Queensland Museum's aviation collections: an overview. Paper presented at Aviation Cultures Mk IV – Heritage of the Air, November 2018.

21. Kononenko, N., Torrence, R., Sphect, J., Attenbrow, V., and Asmussen, B. 2018. Use of experimental evidence to interpret the function of pits on stone artefacts from Australia and PNG. Paper presented at the Australian Archaeology Conference, New Zealand 29 November 2018.

22. Asmussen, B. 2018. Archaeobotanical sensemaking: an archaeologist’s journey with Australian plants. Paper presented to the Australian Systematic Botany Symposium 5th Dec 2018 Mt Cootha.

23. Mate, G. 2018. Super-positioning archaeology and experiences through time: Integrating diverse physical and experiential landscapes at Mount Shamrock. Paper presented at the Australian Archaeological Association, New Zealand, December 2018.

24. Osei, S. 2019. The remaking of a one hundred year old classic - Mourning Suit by Mrs Janet Walker.

25. Paper presented at the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material Textiles Special Interest Group Symposium – Fibre to Fabric, Fur, Feathers and Finishes, Sydney, February 2019.

26. da Rocha, S. 2019. Birds of a Feather Frock Together: Textile Treatment Techniques in Natural History Conservation. Paper presented at the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material Textiles Special Interest Group Symposium – Fibre to Fabric, Fur, Feathers and Finishes, Sydney, February 2019.

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Thanakupi Fletcher (b.1937; d.2011); Cast aluminium spherical sculpture titled ‘The Legends of Albatross; Bay (Weipa Story)’.

© Queensland Museum, Peter Waddington

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