Submissions, Hearings and Short Papers - A New Approach (ANA)

ANA makes submissions and publishes short papers on topics of interest.

Arts and Cultural Policy Submissions

Victorian Government's Creative State consultation

Victoria’s next creative industries strategy provides an opportunity to help ensure all Victorians, whoever they are and wherever they live, can participate in and contribute to our shared cultural and creative life.

13 August 2024

Submission to the Northern Territory (NT) Arts Strategy 2024-2034

Drawing on our published research with middle Australians aged 18 to 75, we welcome the use of the phrase ‘arts and culture’ as inclusive and accessible, along with the inclusion of creative industries to form a connected, contemporary policy approach.

26 February 2024

Creating for the future – Submission to South Australia's new cultural policy consultation

The current focus on arts and culture across Australian jurisdictions helps South Australia (SA) work more closely with governments and embed policy concerning arts, culture and creativity across portfolios. In addition, the Brisbane 2032 Games presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for SA to build cultural ties within and beyond Australia, attract cultural tourism and develop cultural exports.

17 January 2024

A New Look at Culture – Submission to NSW's first Arts, Culture & Creative Industries Policy

The release of the National Cultural Policy provides an opportunity for NSW to work in concert with governments across Australia, and to embed policy concerning arts, culture and creativity across portfolios and into the future. We commend the use of the phrase ‘arts and culture’ as inclusive and accessible and welcome the inclusion of creative industries to form a connected, contemporary policy approach.

30 August 2023

Submission to the 10 Year Vision for Culture and the Arts in Western Australia

The release of the National Cultural Policy ‘Revive’ provides a renewed opportunity for the WA Government to work in concert with governments across Australia. It also provides an opportunity to consider how to embed policy concerning arts, culture and creativity across portfolios and into the future.

16 August 2023

Senate Inquiry into National Cultural Policy responses to Questions on Notice

Answers provided to questions taken on notice at the public hearing of 14 April 2023.

18 April 2023

Senate Inquiry into National Cultural Policy appearance at public hearing

ANA CEO Kate Fielding was invited to provide evidence to the Senate Inquiry into the National Cultural Policy and explained what changes to cultural policy could help Australia maximise its creative potential and become a cultural powerhouse.

14 April 2023

Senate Inquiry into National Cultural Policy submission

ANA’s focus group research and analysis shows that Australians from every walk of life participate in and benefit from arts, culture and creativity, identifying wide-ranging positive outcomes for individuals and communities, including benefits to the economy, health, social cohesion and productivity. These views align with Australian and international research which demonstrates these benefits.

8 March 2023

National Cultural Policy consultation submission (2022)

In ANA's submission to the National Cultural Policy consultation, we focus on the development of the Policy and the five key elements for implementation that support Australia to become a cultural powerhouse whose compelling creativity is locally loved, nationally valued and globally influential.

August 2022

Other Policy Submissions

Safe and responsible AI in Australia

ANA welcomes the intention to introduce mandatory guardrails for AI in high-risk settings, and for the principles to account for First Nations impacts.

26 September 2024

Consultation on the revised UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics

ANA’s responses focus on Part I of the revised Framework, which sets out key concepts and definitions.

9 August 2024

Inquiry into a framework for performance reporting and driving wellbeing outcomes in NSW

ANA welcomes the planned introduction of the NSW Performance and Wellbeing Framework in the 2025-26 Budget and its inclusion of arts and culture under the Community theme. This acknowledges the contribution of cultural and creative industries and activities to strong social bonds.

25 July 2024

Inquiry into the influence and impacts of social media on Australian society

ANA research confirms that middle Australians link arts and culture with social cohesion, and consider social media to be key places for arts and culture participation and engagement.

24 June 2024

National Urban Policy Consultation

This submission by ANA makes suggestions to refine the draft National Urban Policy by better reflecting the potential positive contribution of arts and culture to the life of all people in urban areas across Australia.

24 June 2024

Commonwealth Parliamentary Inquiry into Local Government Sustainability

ANA’s national focus group research shows that middle Australians think arts and culture are the building blocks of community, connection and place.

28 May 2024

Victorian Inquiry into Local Government Funding and Services

International and Australian research confirms the wide range of benefits that arts and cultural participation can bring to all Victorians, including mental health, wellbeing and social cohesion.

28 May 2024

Stand-alone Legislation to Protect Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)

ANA's research shows Australians value First Nations cultural and creative practice. This legislation has the potential to give this value tangible impact by granting ICIP rights to First Nations peoples.

10 May 2024

Inquiry into the Challenges and Opportunities within the Australian Live Music Industry

ANA’s research shows that live music is an integral part of the arts and cultural life in Australia which delivers many benefits. Our submission provides information and perspectives to assist the Inquiry, including the need for current evidence and clearly articulated policy goals.

19 April 2024

Commonwealth Government COVID-19 Response Inquiry

This submission highlights the need to financially support a fuller range of cultural and creative industry workers, particularly those working on a casual and short-term basis, in any future Commonwealth Government responses to pandemics. ANA also suggests exploring opportunities to apply arts and culture to tackle mental and physical health issues arising from pandemics.

9 January 2024

Not-for-Profit Sector Development Blueprint Issues Paper

ANA welcomes the Blueprint Expert Reference Group's Issues Paper highlighting arts and culture as key activities for not-for-profits (NFPs). Our submission explores how governments and NFPs can contribute to shared outcomes, how governments can help NFPs be informed by evidence, and policy options to increase philanthropic giving in an arts and culture context.

7 December 2023

Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) Comprehensive Review

Our submission makes several key points about ANZSCO and creative occupations, including that employment in creative occupations has grown faster than in the overall workforce, and that artificial intelligence may create new, but also disrupt existing, creative occupations.

30 November 2023

Inquiry into Artificial Intelligence (AI) in New South Wales

This submission draws on our AI Analysis Paper, 'Friend, foe or frenemy', which shows Australians are already using AI throughout arts, culture and creativity, with real risks, opportunities and impacts.

16 October 2023

The Review Panel's Multicultural Framework Review

This submission draws on our focus group research showing that middle Australians take pride in Australian arts and culture. They view it as a natural avenue to grow interest in contemporary Australia and a critical way of demonstrating that we are a nation that embraces diversity.

22 September 2023

Australian Universities Accord Panel Consultation on the Accord Interim Report

This short submission provides reflections on three aspects of the Accord Interim Report: First Nations issues as an area for immediate action; equity and communities as areas for further consideration; and fostering international engagement as an area for further consideration, which ANA considers is particularly important in relation to cultural and creative courses.

30 August 2023

Expert Panel Review to Inform a Better and Fairer Education System

International and Australian research has found arts and culture-based education is beneficial in developing intellectual skills and enhancing educational impacts. Not only does it help future-proof Australia’s workforce, it also helps mitigate disadvantage.

14 August 2023

Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill

ANA’s research demonstrates freedom of expression is important to middle Australians, who consider it a democratic value. We recognise that striking the right balance between combating misinformation and the right to freedom of expression is a necessary and delicate exercise.

7 August 2023

For Australians, by AI? Supporting Safe and Responsible AI in Australia

This submission to the Department of Industry, Science and Resources outlines a range of Australian arts, culture and creativity where artificial intelligence (AI) plays a role, and explains its impacts on Australians’ access to arts and cultural experiences. It also sketches out steps to help Australia become a world leader in safe and responsible AI while securing its potential as a cultural powerhouse.

18 July 2023

Feedback on the Cultural and Creative Activity Satellite Accounts Methodology Refresh

This submission is informed by engagement across ANA’s arts and culture networks, our research on the cultural and creative economy and our research about perceptions of arts and culture.

30 May 2023

Productivity Commission’s Philanthropy Review

This submission is focused on the impact of philanthropy for the arts and cultural parts of the not-for-profit sector, and more broadly the impact of philanthropy for the cultural and creative industries. It asserts that strategic government investment in arts and culture leverages philanthropic support in this area.

8 May 2023

Copyright: a public discussion for the digital era

This submission provides insights from ANA's research and analysis program, drawing particular attention to attitudes amongst middle Australians towards arts, culture and creativity, including attitudes toward copyright. It also draws on forthcoming research into the financial inflows to cultural and creative industries to assist in placing copyright revenue into a larger context.

2023

Measuring What Matters

Arts and culture is a fundamental part of living in a vibrant democracy like Australia. This submission outlines the rationale for measuring cultural participation in the development of a wellbeing and progress framework for measuring what matters.

January 2023

Productivity Commission Inquiry into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts and Craft

In our submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts and Craft, ANA presented evidence that Australians value Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural and creative practices, view them as the foundation of national identity and expect them to be prioritised by governments, investors, policy and business leaders.

2021

Opening Statement to the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19

In her opening statement to the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19, ANA’s CEO Kate Fielding demonstrated why the impact of COVID-19 on the arts, cultural and creative industries has affected not only these industries, but also every Australian.

2020

Pre-Budget Submissions

2024-25 Pre-Budget Submission

In our pre-budget submission for 2024-25, ANA presents recommendations to help Australia capture a once-in-a-generation opportunity for interjurisdictional collaboration on arts and culture and international cultural relations.

2023-24 Pre-Budget Submission

In our pre-budget submission for 2023-24, ANA made recommendations for strategic investment to secure Australia's potential as a cultural powerhouse.

2023

2022-23 Pre-Budget Submission

In our pre-budget submission for 2022-23, ANA made recommendations for strategic investment in Australian creativity and culture to drive social recovery and economic growth.

2022

2021-22 Pre-Budget Submission

In our pre-budget submission for 2021-22, ANA made recommendations for using arts, culture and creativity to help keep our economy strong, people in jobs and Australians together.

2021

2020-21 Pre-Budget Submission

In our pre-budget submission for 2020-21, ANA made recommendations for using arts, culture and creativity to help in bushfire and disaster recovery

2020

Parliamentary Inquiries

Submission to Queensland Parliament Inquiry into Social Isolation and Loneliness

In our submission to the Queensland Parliament Inquiry into Social Isolation and Loneliness, ANA presented evidence that arts, culture and creativity support improved mental and physical health outcomes, build community connection and reduce social isolation and made recommendations for both national and state-level solutions.

18 August 2021

Parliamentary Inquiry into Cultural and Creative Industries and Institutions second appearance at public hearing

ANA’s CEO Kate Fielding and Chair Rupert Myer were invited to provide the final address to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Cultural and Creative Industries and Institutions, and called for a National Arts, Culture and Creativity Plan.

19 February 2021

Parliamentary Inquiry into Cultural and Creative Industries and Institutions responses to Questions on Notice

ANA’s responses to questions asked by the committee on February 19 2021. Questions were about the breakdown of sports funding across different levels of government, and about philanthropy and donations in arts and culture.

19 February 2021

Parliamentary Inquiry into Cultural and Creative Industries and Institutions first appearance at public hearing

ANA’s CEO Kate Fielding and Chair Rupert Myer were invited to provide the opening address to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Cultural and Creative Industries and Institutions, and laid out an evidence base for understanding Australia’s cultural and creative industries.

13 November 2020

Parliamentary Inquiry into Cultural and Creative Industries and Institutions responses to Questions on Notice

ANA’s responses to questions asked by the committee on November 13 2020. Questions were about the instruments that track non-government revenue in the creative sector, including philanthropic spending, and issues around data gathering in arts and culture.

13 November 2020

ANA’s Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Cultural and Creative Industries and Institutions

We make three key recommendations: 1) Champion a National Arts, Culture and Creativity Plan; 2) Initiate a Productivity Commission Inquiry into the role of creativity in industry development, jobs and innovation; 3) Develop a targeted industry package to pilot and/or scale-up digitally rich, ‘anti-fragile’ business models, suitable for a with-Covid environment for the cultural and creative industries.

2020

Essays & Short Papers

AUS | UK Cultural Leadership Dialogue: On becoming a culturally proactive nation

The time is ripe for a new relationship between Australia and the United Kingdom (UK). Australia has drawn from the UK’s civic institutions and a large part of our nation shares your family tree. But like any extended family we have unfinished business and a need for continual renewal of our understanding of each other. In this endeavour, arts and culture can play a powerful role.

17 October 2022

A New Approach acknowledges that it meets, works and travels on the lands of First Nations peoples. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and to all First Nations peoples.