ARCHIVED AMPAG in the Media
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Cultural sector welcomes Tony Burke
In The Australian today, Opera Australia artistic director, Lyndon Terracini, says new Arts Minister, Tony Burke, was the 'best possible replacement' for Mr Crean in the arts portfolio. Read More
Private donors leapfrog sponsors as major arts players
In The Sydney Morning Herald, Valerie Wilder of The Australian Ballet, explains how the company's recent tour to New York was only possible because of philanthropy and a couple of corporate sponsors. The article goes on to cover the recently released AMPAG survey of philanthropy and corporate sponsorship. Read More
Companies fight tax laws 'threatening' overseas tours
In The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald today: Treasury wants to tighten tax concessions for funds raised for overseas activities, but both AMPAG and Valerie Wilder, Executive Director of the Australian Ballet, say any change to the law could jeopardise major performing arts companies' ability to tour internationally. Read More
Mining boom buoys the arts
The Australian Financial Review covers the 2012 Tracking changes in corporate sponsorship and private donations, released by AMPAG today. Read More
No national vision yet but $64m for arts, museums
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
Big ideas at heart of future of performing arts
From screen to stage, Bethwyn Serow's love of the arts began at an early age. Read More
ABC's Artscape discusses the National Cultural Policy
The ABC program, Artscape, discusses the proposed National Cultural Policy with a panel of experts:
Professor David Throsby, cultural economist Read More
Cast culture: Promises are made to be kept, says Crean
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
An important preamble
Recently, the Office for the Arts launched a discussion paper for the development of a new National Cultural Policy: Read More