The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body, delivering more than $200 million in funding for arts organisations and artists across the country. As a statutory authority, the Australia Council's powers and functions are set out in the legislation under the Australia Council Act 2013. The Strategic Plan...

In response to community and industry concern regarding the health of the Sydney live music and performance industry, the City worked with industry and academia to develop its Live Music and Performance Action Plan in 2013. The action plan aims to support Sydney live music and performance sector through regulatory reform, advocacy, research and strategic...

This paper outlines a range of principles and actions that the Australia Council has committed to over the next triennium to ensure people with disabilities have equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to the arts. Goals Our plan focuses on the following three goals: Leadership There are some strong leaders with disability who work...

This paper presents results of a state-wide survey about cultural planning practices in local government across Victoria, reporting on breadth of cultural planning, amount of investment, policy influences in their development and planning processes.

The NSW Creative Industries Industry Action Plan (IAP) is one of six IAPs commissioned by the NSW Government to help re-build the NSW economy.