The arts are being sidelined in the cost of living crisis

It’s time we stopped framing the arts as a luxury instead of a human right threatened by the cost of living crisis.
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The cost of living crisis undermines the right to participate in cultural life. Australia’s Federal cultural policy, Revive, acknowledges and even celebrates:

In their 2021 report, ‘Creativity in Crisis‘, researchers Alison Pennington and Ben Eltham made a strong case for requiring Australian content quotas on streaming platforms. This would create more work for the local industry and boost platform audiences’ access to Australian content.

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