Reset Arts and Culture
For a Progressive Arts and Cultural Policy Agenda in Australia
Art and culture should not be imagined as an industry primarily driven by private profit, but a diverse and interdependent ecosystem essential to the public life of contemporary democracies.
No matter how it is organised and delivered, art and culture’s primary value is its public value: it enriches us both individually and collectively. And governments have a responsibility to foster art and culture even when they do not supply it directly.
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