Australia's new National Cultural Policy: What the arts sector wants, and what the Labor government plans to deliver
ABCWhen Labor won the 2022 election, many saw it as an opportunity to reset arts policy in Australia. After declaring an end to "the nine-year political attack on the arts and entertainment sector", incoming Arts Minister Tony Burke announced the development of a new National Cultural Policy, developed in consultation with artists and organisations, with the intention to deliver it before the end of the year. Deaner hopes the new National Cultural Policy addresses the "regulatory drift" that has hampered the screen industry in recent years. A recent history of arts policy in Australia In 1994, the Keating government released Australia's first formal cultural policy, Creative Nation, which allocated an additional $250 million to the arts and entertainment sector. First Nations first A founding principle of the new policy framework is "First Nations first" – the recognition of the crucial place Indigenous stories occupy in Australian arts and culture.
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