Indigenous creatives oppose Productivity Commission advice

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, writers and performers have published an open letter opposing Productivity Commission recommendations on copyright.
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Gloria Pannka, Copyright for Namatjirra. Water colour on paper; 51 x 71 cm; 2016. Image via Iltja Ntjarra/Many Hands Art Centre

We the undersigned unanimously reject the Productivity Commission’s Recommendations on copyright in Australia. The recommendations to change copyright protections will harm the ability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander film and television makers, writers, artists, musicians and journalists to tell Indigenous stories and make a living.

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Emma Clark Gratton
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Emma Clark Gratton is an ArtsHub staff writer.