Parliamentary inquiry gives us a plan for a plan

Julian Meyrick and Justin O'Connor analyse the recent release of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the arts.

Fourteen months after it was announced, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts has handed down its report, Sculpting A National Cultural Plan, on Australia’s cultural and creative industries and institutions.

As befits an investigative inquiry, the report devotes considerable space to describing what the sector does and communicating the views of those who work in it. There is frequent quotation from 352 submissions, and responses to a related survey.

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