By Justin Hendry on Jul 1, 2021 12:15PM
Funding boost to fast-track preservation efforts.
The federal government has handed an extra $67.7 million to the National Archives of Australia to preserve irreplaceable records in a digital form and to protect vulnerable systems from cyber attack.
The funding lifeline comes after the Tune review of the NAA – completed in 2020, but not released until March 2021 – highlighted a list of problems stemming from a lack of resources.
The report said “immediate” action was needed to preserve deteriorating records in paper-based form, as well as magnetic tape audiovisual records, photos and film, to ensure they weren t lost forever.
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