The National Library of Australia will not have sufficient funding to maintain the current online Trove service after June 2023. Trove is often used as a free, online portal which connects with collections around the country. It contains many digitised resources vital for researching the past, including a collection of Australian newspapers.
There have been online petitions asking the Federal Government to ensure Trove has funding into the future. There is now also a Parliamentary Petition which will close for signature this Wednesday 22 February 2023.
You can find that petition here: e-petitions – Parliament of Australia (aph.gov.au)
The President of ASHA will be writing to the responsible Minister, Mr Tony Burke MP, Minister for the Arts.
There is more information about what you can do if you wish to support this issue, including addresses for your local Member of Parliament and Senators, here.