'Inadequate' protections could risk UNESCO world heritage bid, Bendigo council warns

Tom O'Callaghan
Updated April 24 2022 - 4:40pm, first published 3:30pm
HISTORY PRESERVED: A poppet head in a central Victorian region that councils want to win world heritage listings for. Picture: NONI HYETT
HISTORY PRESERVED: A poppet head in a central Victorian region that councils want to win world heritage listings for. Picture: NONI HYETT

A REGION-WIDE bid to award global heritage status to sites across Victoria's historic goldfields could be undermined by "inadequate" planning rules, councils have warned an inquiry.

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Tom O'Callaghan

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