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After 25 years of waning government support it's time to put arts on the agenda. Not just because the creative economy employs 408,000 people & contributes $117bn to GDP each year, but because it defines and shapes our culture. It’s what defines us as a nation.
Germany recently provided an additional €1bn into the arts to deal with the impacts of COVID and a further €50bn to small business and freelancers - assisting many in the cultural, creative, and media sectors - dwarfing Australia’s contribution. For the 13th wealthiest nation on earth, we can and need to do a lot better than this. We’re campaigning for $2.5bn for the arts leading into the election.
Donate if you want to see more money for Australia art on screens, speakers, walls, stages, & pages. If you want our schools to generate the next wave of Australian musicians, actors, writers, and artists. And if you want more support for small and local Australian artists.
PANEL EVENT | Can Australian literature survive another round of arts cuts?
If you missed the fantastic panel event at Readings Hawthorn on the future of the Australian literature with author Emily Bitto, Australian Book Review Editor Peter Rose, literary agent Clare Forster, and media and arts academic Ben Eltham (with some cameos from Kooyong candidates Monique Ryan, Peter Lynch & Piers Mitchem) you can catch the video by clicking the button below.
MEDIA | Fairfax op-ed
Claire Pullen, head of the Australian Writers Guild, penned this national op-ed for Fairfax on the need for government to deliver Australian content quotas on streaming services like Netflix or it could spell curtains for Australia’s TV and film industry.
EVENT | Can Australian literature survive another round of arts cuts?
As part of our marginal seats campaign, we’re holding events in local electorates on a variety of topics. This one is on the future of Australian literature, often called the poor cousin of the arts. If you are interested in registering for the event which will be live at Readings Hawthorn and Livestreamed, click below.
SUPPORTERS | new friends
It’s fantastic to welcome another wave of great supporters of the Fund the Arts campaign. We welcome lauded Australian playwright of Diving for Pearls and screenwriter, Katherine Thomson; scriptwriter for The Heights, EastEnders and Neighbours, Peter Mattessi; ARIA and Logie award winning singer and actor, Clare Bowditch; multi-award winning TV writer, including Wolf Creek, Shandi Gudgeon; Producer of The Dressmaker, Japanese Story, and Road to Nhill, Sue Maslin; screenwriter of Master and Commander, Happy Feet, and Tanni, John Collee; literary agent for award winning writing talent, Jacinta di Mase, and Executive Director of the Australian Writers Guild, Claire Pullen. Thank you.
If you wish to add your support email david@fundthearts.com.au
Creativity in Crisis: state of the sector
It’s not just COVID, decades of neglect has led the arts sector to crisis. Read Ben Eltham and Alison Pennington’s report
"New employment opportunities are more likely to require skills which are resistant to mechanisation. Creative skills, requiring original thought and innovation, are particularly resistant and are likely to face relatively higher demand in the future."
- Department of Communication & the Arts, 'Creative Skills for the Future Economy', Australian Government working paper
Australian arts: let’s make it a local and global phenomenon
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