The Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered Labor’s first federal Budget in nine years this week. You can learn more about the specific details of the Budget which are relevant to the artistic, creative and cultural sector by visiting the Office for the Arts website and by reading the media's analyses and responses provided in the links below.
The Ausdance National President commented:
"Further investment in NAISDA in the federal Budget is a positive step in the right direction. It indicates federal Government support for embedding First Nations self-determination and developing workforce capacity within the artistic, creative and cultural sectors.
"This focus, which is fundamental, was one of five key pillars put forward by Ausdance National in its recent submission to the Government's consultation for a new National Cultural Policy. The policy needs to be relevant and have a positive and transformative impact.
"It needs to be understood that dance in Australia sits within the context of a cultural continuum (spanning over 100,000 years) where dance has formed ways of being, knowing and learning for people living in Australia.
"Thanks must therefore be extended to First Nations Peoples for their effective and ongoing custodianship of dance in Australia. Their contributions, cultures and expertise must be acknowledged, embedded and respected.
"To ensure that policy isn't just a vision for the future that stays on paper but can be effectively implemented, further investment will be imperative so that policy can be safely, efficiently and appropriately actioned with positive and transformative effect.
"Whether further investment commitments, relevant to dance, will be made by the federal Government with the announcement of the new National Cultural Policy, remains to be seen."
Media responses
Additional resources
Cultural Policy submissions (Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications & the Arts
Although not arts specific, the $10.5 million for a new youth engagement model includes:
- A Commonwealth Office for Youth
- Ongoing funding of the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition
- Youth advisory groups
- A Youth Engagement Strategy.
Live Performance Support Fund (guidelines are yet to be announced)
Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design (National Association for the Visual Arts)
This Is How We Do It – the working trends of indie artists and creatives in the performing arts in Australia (Theatre Network Australia)
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