By committing an extra $286 million over four years to revive the pandemic-stricken arts sector, the government is hoping for a wider audience.
At least that’s what the Albanese government is hoping, after this weekThe phrase the government is pinning its hopes on is “arts and culture”. According to extensive surveying of middle-income Australians by, a think tank, the phrase goes down a lot better with the electorate than the “A” word by itself.
Since Gough Whitlam created it in 1975, arts policy has hinged on spending made through the Australia Council for the Arts, a body based in inner-Sydney. Approximately 62 per cent of the council’s $198 million investment in 2021-22 went to 37 major performing arts companies. “Creative Australia will be an even bigger, bolder champion and investor in Australian arts and creativity,” Collette says, before reinforcing its anti-elitist mantra.
Among the bigger ticket items is $69 million for the creation of Music Australia, which will play a role identical to the one Screen Australia already plays for the film business. It will have a remit to invest in the development, production and promotion of Australian contemporary music.The least elitist benchmark imaginable was used by Burke in explaining the need for Music Australia: the pop charts.
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