Tony Burke has promised a renewed focus on the arts and a suite of reforms to support the sector – but is staying quiet on the question of funding.
abc.net.au/news/australia-new-national-cultural-policy-arts-minister-tony-burke/101363244When Labor won the 2022 election, many saw it as an opportunity to reset arts policy in Australia.
"A nation with a strong cultural policy is a nation where we know ourselves, know each other and invite the world to better know us." "If we had that approach to, say, health policy – I'm going to fund that hospital because I like it, not the other one – it would be an absolute disaster. Deaner says a national cultural strategy is necessary to give the creative industries direction, and protect them from the vagaries of the market and changing technology.
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