This report provides an updated overview of trends in arts and culture expenditure by governments in Australia between the years of 2007–08 and 2020–21. The research draws on a new release of Australia’s most comprehensive dataset on this topic - the cultural funding by governments series.

Completed and submitted to the Australian Government in May 2020, this report was made publicly available in March 2023. The review analysed older report reports that highlighted deficiencies with current classification arrangements and makes recommendations for change informed by the need for a future classification regulatory framework.

The contribution of live music to our creative economy has been confirmed following the release of the Australia’s live music sector: an occupation-based analysis report, undertaken by the Bureau of Communications, Arts and Regional Research. The analysis reflects the diversity of occupations such as musicians, ticket collectors, advertising managers and bar attendants needed to run...

Despite the radical impact of climate change on Australian communities, there has been very little research in the Australian performing arts sector’s response to the climate crisis and aspiration to do so. This report explores how a small selection of Australian performing arts organisations are currently responding to the global ecological crisis.

This briefing paper presents an overview of cultural and creative activity in Australia, drawing on custom tables of employment data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ five-yearly Census of Australian Population and Housing.