Article by Sallie Don at The Australian about the Digital Culture Public Sphere In Sydney last Thursday, Arts Minister Simon Crean and Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Kate Lundy invited the local digital arts sector to a public forum. In his speech to the forum, Crean made a case for how the sector [...]
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Press clipping: Where arts and policy meet in the digital sphere (Crikey)
Where arts and policy meet in the digital sphere, article by Ben Eltham (Crikey): What is a “digital culture public sphere”, and why should we care? The government wants feedback on its National Cultural Policy. It will run out of Senator Kate Lundy’s office and will feed into Arts Minister Simon Crean’s policy brief as he [...]
A NEW BEGINNING FOR AUSTRALIAN FILM AND SOUND CULTURE
ACT Senator Kate Lundy welcomes the NFSA’s independence and will be attending the world premiere of 12 Canoes on behalf of the Arts Minister, Peter Garrett.
Howard / Costello Government finally realise the value of Arts Education
Labor notes that the Howard / Costello Government has belatedly responded to the crisis in arts education after 8 years of ignoring the issue. International research has found that involvement in the arts as a young person correlates directly with higher educational participation rates and achievement across the board academically in secondary schools. Also important [...]
Playing Australia – performance arts venues affected by Howard
Here is the list of Performing Arts venues and Locations that were negatively impacted upon as a result of the Howard Government’s decisions on the last round of Playing Australia funding. The table shows the number of applications and the number that were successful. Media Releases: 30 October 2003 – Minister must fix regional performing [...]
