This report is intended to help Australians address the question, ‘Has life in our country got better, especially during the past decade?’

Total government funding for cultural activities in 2001-02 was $4,676.8m. The Commonwealth Government contributed $1,619.6m (35%) to cultural funding while state and territory governments contributed $2,215.2m (47%) and local governments provided $841.9m (18%).

Funding for cultural activities at all levels of government increased to $4.5 billion in 2000-01, up 10% from the previous financial year, according to tis report.

This publication contains estimates of public funding of arts and cultural activities in 1999–2000 for the three levels of government in Australia.

This publication presents results, in respect of the 1998–99 financial year, from an Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) survey of businesses in the real estate services industry. It is the fourth ABS survey of the industry with previous surveys being conducted in respect of 1995–96, 1992–93 and 1987–88.