Senate Inquiry into National Cultural Policy (re-adopted)

ANA welcomes this opportunity to make a further submission to the National Cultural Policy inquiry, for the Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications.

Our submission provides an overview of the research and analysis work that we have undertaken since our submission and appearance before the Committee in 2023, which may be of interest to the Committee:

• Why we need a National Arts and Culture Strategy modelled on the National Sports Strategy, and a Ministerial Council reporting to National Cabinet focused on cultural access and the cultural and creative industries.
• Exploring the role of governments beyond direct funding and the broad range of enabling actions governments can take to strengthen cultural access and foster robust cultural industries.
• Reviewing the updated evidence of prosperity, cohesion, security, health and sustainability impacts of arts and culture and finding this can provide the unexpected edge we need to respond to Australia’s deepest challenges.
• Understanding the contribution of arts, culture and creativity to solving Australia’s productivity problem.
• Providing an update and knowledge base of the finances of Australia’s arts and culture system.
• Looking at the ways Australians are using artificial intelligence (AI) in arts, culture and creativity, and how government and industry are responding to its emerging impacts.
• The role that tax reform can play to support a thriving arts and culture system.