Arts under the next Labor government

With Federal Government arts policy under Senate scrutiny, the Shadow Minister has outlined an alternative approach.
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The Shadow Minister for the Arts Mark Dreyfus has recommitted Labor to the Creative Australia policy set by the Gillard Government and proposed some new ideas to support the arts.

Delivering the Fraser address in Canberra last night, Dreyfus said that Labor was currently revising its policy platform ahead of the Party’s conference, but that the draft platform includes clearly stated principles of the central role of arts and culture in modern Australian society.

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Deborah Stone
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Deborah Stone is a Melbourne journalist and communications professional. She is a former Editor of ArtsHub and a former Fairfax feature writer.