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Features

New arts policy quiet on gender equity: should we be worried?

The Government’s new Cultural Policy appears soft on gender parity, while some in the sector have been taking their own…

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Revive: $286 million National Cultural Policy revealed

The new cultural policy 'puts the arts back where they are meant to be – at the heart of our…

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National Cultural Policy: Peak bodies urge PM to support ‘full investment’

20 organisations from multiple sectors have signed a letter to the PM urging a whole of government approach to the…

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Opinions & Analysis

How to make a National Cultural Policy submission (and why you should)

Submissions to the National Cultural Policy consultation don’t have to be complex; what’s important is that they’re made in large…

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Industry panellists appointed to guide National Cultural Policy

Artists and arts leaders from almost every state and territory have been appointed by Minister for the Arts Tony Burke…

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Writing your National Cultural Policy submission

Esther Anatolitis reframes the five pillars of Australia’s next cultural policy, offering new questions to help identify the key policy…

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National Cultural Policy due ‘by end of year,’ Burke says

Submissions for a new National Cultural Policy are now open. A series of town hall meetings will be held in…

Opinions & Analysis

‘Nine years hard’ on national cultural policy

Nine years of Coalition arts management was devoid of consistency, understanding and genuine purpose, according to Julian Meyrick.

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New Minister to end attacks on the arts

Newly appointed Minister for the Arts Tony Burke MP is keen to support Australia’s creative sector and puts consultation on…

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‘Labor to deliver landmark cultural policy’ (eventually)

Should our next cultural policy acknowledge rising inequality, falling wages, and the erosion of the environment and democracy, Julian Meyrick…

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