This publication provides information on a range of topics including employment in culture, time spent on cultural activities, attendances at cultural venues and events, expenditure on culture, and imports and exports of cultural goods and services. It also provides profiles of the cultural sectors, grouped according to the Australian Culture and Leisure Industry Classification.

This publication presents results for the 2006-07 reference year from surveys conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) of businesses/organisations primarily involved in performing arts operation or performing arts venue operation.

What implications does the new Government's innovation agenda have for people working in practice, in research and education, or in the cultural institutions? On March 31 CHASS ran a one-day workshop in Sydney to discuss how the Arts sector can respond to the new Government's innovation agenda. Download the individual papers from the CHASS website...

The announcement of the Review of the Australian Innovation System in February 2008 presents those working in the Arts with a timely opportunity to seek an alignment between our Arts and Cultural policies and our Research and Innovation policies. But what might this involve and how may it be done? One way forward is to...

This report provides a high-level discussion of the issues, opportunities, potential future directions and key shared priorities for the Australian and New Zealand creative sectors in the online, mobile and broadcast digital environment. It documents achievements to date and aims to raise awareness about potential future directions for the creative sector in the digital environment.