“The arts cannot be left simply to those who can afford to do it,” AlboMP said. “Arts jobs are real jobs.”
The federal government has confirmed it will introduce draft laws to parliament later this year to establish Australian content quotas for video-streaming services and aims to have the new regulation operational by July 1, 2024., is one part of the government’s sweeping new national cultural policy, unveiled to a packed house at renowned Melbourne live music venue The Espy on Monday morning.
The policy was warmly received by the 300 or so people who squeezed into the room where 14 seasons of, a welcome to country in the Gadigal language, while Missy Higgins sang The Triffids’ classicThe playlist seemed designed to highlight the policy’s ambition to break down the distinctions between high and popular art.
Arts Minister Tony Burke confirmed $286 million in new money would underpin a new grants-making body, Creative Australia, which would take on and expand upon the functions of the old Australia Council.Creative Australia will include four new investment bodies, which will have responsibility for First Nations works, writing, music and policing workplace harassment.
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