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The big picture 4
Expenditure on artistic, cultural and creative activity by governments in Australia in 2007–08 to 2021–22
Sari Rossi
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Arts citizen participation
Creative economy
Arts funding
Cultural industries
Government expenditure
Australia
Description
The Big Picture series overview of trends in government investment in arts and culture is based on an analysis of Australia’s most comprehensive dataset on this topic, the cultural funding by governments (CFG) series.
This report:
- provides an updated overview of expenditure trends covering the years 2007–08 through 2021–22, based on analysis of the latest CFG release
- explores policy opportunities based on the CFG survey, as well as cross-country comparisons from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
- calculates expenditure directed to the cultural and creative industries during the three financial years most impacted by the pandemic in Australia.
Editor's note
This report was updated on 22 Apr 2025 to include minor revisions.
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Publication Details
Copyright:
A New Approach (ANA) 2024
License type:
CC BY-NC
Access Rights Type:
open
Series:
ANA Paper No. 2024-01 (Revision 1)
Post date:
3 May 2024
