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CPD post: Westbury on cultural policy and the Australia Council

By Guest Poster on July 26, 2010

During the election campaign, LP will be cross-posting selected items from the Centre for Policy Development’s discussion of policy issues, Thinking Points. Readers may also be interested in the CPD’s upcoming collection of policy ideas and priorities for the next [...]

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A screenshot of Escape From Woomera, taken from the Wikipedia page about the game. A common industry rumour has it that the funding of the game by the Australia Council's New Media Arts Board eventually led to the abolition of that Board in an internal restructure.

Marcus Westbury on why the Australia Council doesn't get digital culture

By tigtog on November 5, 2009

Marcus Westbury’s column for The Age has been exploring some really interesting topics in cultural policy. His most recent column is one of his best. Now posted on his blog, the article examines the relative responses of the ABC  and the [...]

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Australian cultural policy; and whatever happened to the 2020 summit?

By Mark Bahnisch on January 7, 2009

I wrote in an earlier post about the “summer of culture” feature at New Matilda. Ben Eltham has now wrapped up “the state of the cultural nation” with a thoughtful essay integrating the various pieces with some broader thoughts on [...]

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Guest post by Ben Eltham: Australia Council changes bathwater, loses babies

By Guest Poster on October 29, 2008

Republished from yesterday’s Crikey with permission. The Australia Council, an organisation in almost constant flux, has again spun the bingo barrel and pulled out a new round of surprises in its funding announcements — this time in the theatre sector. [...]

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