Page 2834 - Week 08 - Tuesday, 13 August 2019
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administrative management to improve their sustainability and viability. The outcome of the applications will be announced in coming months.
MusicACT has been funded in 2018-19 for $108,000 and in 2019-20 at $110,500, to support capacity-building programs for the live contemporary music sector, including in arts management, recording, touring and promoting. Live music is an important part of our night-time economy and in the development of our local bands and musicians.
There is $350,000 available in the 2019-20 budget for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and culture programs. This includes $100,000 allocated each year from 2017-18. ArtsACT has been working with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Network, formed as an outcome of community consultation, to refine and prioritise a suite of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts programs. The process of designing these programs adheres to the ACT arts policy principle of engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and cultures. The process has involved close consultation with the community and the arts network.
The government has made a commitment for arts activities funding to be a minimum of $775,000 per year from 2017-18. In fact, the government have grown our commitment to $825,000 in 2018-19 and will further increase it up to $850,000 in 2019-20. This increase will greatly support applications in the up to $5,000 category, which is experiencing significant demand. The newly modelled arts activity funding category has significantly improved the accessibility of funding for artists by being more flexible. I receive frequent feedback from artists about how happy they are with this new approach to funding.
A strategic priority of the 2019-20 budget is promoting Canberra as a vibrant city for people to visit and to live in, with world-class tourism, artistic and cultural experiences that reflect our unique environment and position as the nation’s capital. The government is committed to the vitality of the Canberra region by creating and maintaining opportunities for Canberrans to participate in the arts. This is evidenced by the continued funding of the Design Canberra Festival, at $100,000 per year, and Art Not Apart, at $130,000 per year, to 2021. These two signature events offer locals and visitors the opportunities to experience a range of great local artworks.
I am pleased to note the new funding of $100,000 for the next three years to support the important work of Kulture Break. I was also particularly delighted to announce the new funding to the Australian National Eisteddfod Society that the Chief Minister has referred to.
These initiatives in the arts represent this government’s strong and continuing support for the arts, which is vital to our city’s vibrancy and livability. I commend the budget to the Assembly.
Debate (on motion by Mr Gentleman) adjourned to the next sitting.
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