While responses to the Albanese Government’s second Budget, handed down on Tuesday, have been mixed – with charities such as Mission Australia recognising ‘small positive steps but not enough to end housing and [the] homelessness emergency’ – overall, reactions from the arts sector have been positive.
On Twitter, cultural commentator and academic Ben Eltham described the 2023-2024 Budget as ‘the best Federal Budget for the arts and culture in more than a decade’, while Screen Queensland’s Acting Chief Executive Belinda Burns told the ABC the Government’s proposed increase to the tax rebate for Australian-filmed international productions was ‘a total game-changer’.
