AMPAG in the Media

The arts sector has welcomed new initiatives worth $64.1 million in the federal budget while it waits for the National Cultural Policy to materialise. read more

From screen to stage, Bethwyn Serow's love of the arts began at an early age. read more

The ABC program, Artscape, discusses the proposed National Cultural Policy with a panel of experts:
Professor David Throsby, cultural economist read more

Times are tough, but the government is mindful that a national cultural policy is a commitment it is yet to honour, Arts Minister Simon Crean tells Brook Turner. After all, it’s ‘part of the Labor narrative’.  read more

Recently, the Office for the Arts launched a discussion paper for the development of a new National Cultural Policy: read more

Arts companies' digital production plans are both commercial and altruistic. read more

We live in an era that favours deregulation, partly as recognition of the rights, authority, and dignity of the individual, and partly as a response to society’s unwillingness to fund regulatory bureaucracy through taxes, writes Dr Vincent O’Donnell, of RMIT university and media policy editor for Screen Hub. read more

Federal Arts Minister Simon Crean has unveiled a policy framework that underscores the economic and social impact of the cultural sector, aimed at lifting the federal government’s $740 million annual arts spending as part of the next budget round. read more

PRIVATE giving, rather than corporate sponsorship or government funding, is providing an increasing share of arts companies' financial base. read more

New figures show 2010 was a good year for major performing arts companies, but costs and inflation are outrunning earnings gains, one reason a confidential government proposal that would mean static funding for at least six years is generating anxiety behind the scenes. read more