Claims ship restoration was protecting threatened species an error, senators told

Estimates committee hears ‘administrative errors’ meant wrong name was listed in documentFederal government claims that funding a series of heritage works – including conserving a historic cargo ship and restoring stones at Old Melbourne Gaol – was protecting threatened species came about as result of an administrative error, a Senate estimates hearing has been told.As part of the Our Wide Brown Land series, Guardian Australia revealed that the federal environment departm