State Heritage Convention

Mr Bruce Leaver
Director, Australian Heritage Commission

Bruce Leaver is currently First Assistant Secretary in charge of the Australian and World Heritage Division within Environment Australia. As well as filling the role of Director of the Australian Heritage Commission Bruce is responsible for the Commonwealth's role in World Heritage Areas, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Heritage Protection Act and the Historic Shipwrecks Act.

Bruce joined the Commonwealth in August 1999. Prior to that he spent 30 years in heritage management in three states. He was a Regional Director in the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, Director of the SA National Parks and Wildlife Service, and more recently, the Commissioner of Planning and Development in Tasmania.