In a private letter to a Toowong’s residents’ group, the Queensland Environment and Heritage Protection Minister has agreed legislative changes are needed to better protect the state’s historic character homes.
Minister Meaghan Scanlon was responding to community complaints surrounding the demolition of a Tudor style home in Toowong last month, which was once home to the Webster family: founders of the Shingle Inn tea house and Webster’s biscuits.
Minister Scanlon has reportedly asked the Queensland Heritage Council to set up a new heritage advisory panel to explore options to protect Queensland’s historic homes.