National Archives review begins as agency races to save 'at risk' records

Doug Dingwall
Updated April 22 2019 - 7:47am, first published 12:00am

Nearly 200,000 hours of recordings containing Australia's memory are at risk under a looming six-year deadline to save the National Archives' vulnerable files, its director-general says.

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Doug Dingwall

Doug Dingwall

Parliamentary bureau chief

Doug Dingwall is The Canberra Times' parliamentary bureau chief. He writes about government and federal politics, and has an interest in integrity, industrial relations and foreign affairs. Previously he worked at The Examiner in Launceston, where he won a Tasmanian Human Rights Award for his reporting. Contact him on doug.dingwall@canberratimes.com.au

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