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- Supporting Australian Art & Culture
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The arts, entertainment, and creative industries are at the heart of who we are as a nation, but they’ve been hit hard in recent years. Still recovering from the impacts of COVID-19, they now face new challenges from the climate crisis and rising cost of living, leaving many struggling to survive.
Despite the Albanese Government’s Revive arts and culture policy setting an ambitious vision, it lacks the funding needed to deliver on its promises.
Supporting our stories, music, and creative work is vital to shaping our national identity, reflecting our diversity, and creating secure, well-paid jobs.
The Greens are committed to ensuring the arts are fully funded so they can thrive and reach the communities that need them most.
The Greens’ plan:
- Support the sustainability and future of the arts industry by investing $2 billion over a decade
- Strengthen Australian storytelling on screens by legislating local content quotas that require streaming services to invest 20% of their Australian subscriber revenue into locally made and owned content, and ensure they are regulated like Australian broadcasters.
- Invest in Australian stories with a $50 million per year Australian Stories Fund, administered by Screen Australia, to support the creation and distribution of local content.
- Pay artists properly for the work they do
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Arts, performance and creativity are an essential part of our communities.
Artists are often not paid for their work, and many have to pick up other work and have less time to create. New and emerging artists, in particular, struggle to find opportunities for paid employment.
The Greens want to invest in our artists to assure they are recognised and remunerated for their work, boosting job creation, supporting community development and building an enhanced appreciation for the creative industries.
The Greens’ plan:
- Provide financial stability for artists by offering up to 10,000 established or emerging artists a living wage for a full year, enabling them to focus on producing their art.
- Bring arts into public schools and public libraries with an artist-in-residence program, offering opportunities for new and emerging artists while mentoring young Australians.
- Guarantee fair pay for performers by legislating a minimum $250 performance fee for artists at publicly funded events.
- Build our creative industries
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Strong Australian arts industries are crucial to telling our stories and having a thriving cultural scene.
We must invest in their development to help our creative industries flourish and ensure they are accessible to all Australians.
The Greens' plan:
- Expand and revitalise arts infrastructure with a $300 million Arts Capital Works Fund to build new performing arts venues and rebuild the arts ecosystem across Australia.
- Grow Australia's video games industry by establishing a $100 million Games Investment and Enterprise Fund to support game development and innovation.
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More information on this policy initiative will be released soon.