About PRAC

The Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) is advised by a Council called the Public Records Advisory Council (PRAC).

Council members are appointed by the Premier and Minister for the Arts, Ted Baillieu MLA. The role of PRAC is to advise the Minister on matters associated with The Public Records Act 1973 and to provide a reference group of stakeholders for PROV.

Current Council Members

• Mr Peter Harmsworth AO (President)
  Former CEO, State Services Authority
• Ms Penny Hutchinson
  Director, Arts Victoria
• Mr Jim Berg
  Former CEO, Koorie Heritage Trust
• Professor Sue McKemmish
  Associate Dean of Research, Faculty of Information Technology, MonashUniversity
• Ms Susie Zada
  Genealogical Society of Victoria and local historian, Geelong district

For further information on PRAC please see pages 10 – 11 of PROV’s Annual Report for 2010-11:

http://prov.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/PROV-Annual-Report-2010-11-web-v1.0-20110915.pdf