Tsiolkas, Holmes a Court appointed to shape ‘cultural policy for the nation’ | karlkwin
Novelist Christos Tsiolkas, arts philanthropist Janet Holmes a Court, and historian and author Clare Wright are among the senior figures who will help guide the Labor government as it looks to develop an all-encompassing strategy for the way cultural practices fit into the economy and society as a whole.
“I’m hoping what it will achieve is a cogent cultural policy for the nation, something we can build on in years to come,” said Collette, a former book publisher and CEO of Opera Australia. Professor Clare Wright and Adrian Collette, CEO of the Australia Council, in front of artist D.R.E.Z’s work in Melbourne.This is Labor’s third stab at trying to embed cultural policy into the fabric of broader Australian society, following the Keating government’s Creative Nation in 1994 and the Gillard government’s Creative Australia in 2013. But each time Labor was voted out of office, the incoming Coalition government abandoned those policies.
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