Victorian cultural policy: a brief over-view

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Victorian cultural policya brief over-view
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• Ben Eltham
• Centre for Policy Development
• Centre for Cultural Research, University of
  Western Sydney

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Arts Centre
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Watching TV
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TV stats

• Watching TV is still Victorians most common
  cultural activity.
• In 2006
• 87 per cent of Australians watched or listened
  to TV daily
• we watched an average of just under 3 hours a
  day each
• (Source ABS)

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Attendance at cultural events, Victoria 2005-06
(ABS)
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Queue for cinema
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Hamer Hall
9 cultural attendance 128 million
redevelopment
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Oh Mercy
24 of cultural attendance 2.2 million since
2007
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Policy Framework
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Stated policy goals

• Arts for all Victorians a culture of
  participation (social development goal)
• On the threshold an economy based on innovation
  (economic development goal)
• Creative place a dynamic arts sector (cultural
  development goal)

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2009-10 cultural expenditure 454.5 million
includes Film Victoria
Source 2010 DPC Annual Report 2010 DIIRD
Annual Report
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Where do the grant dollars go?
Source 2009 DPC Annual Report 2010 Budget Papers
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The big cultural institutions

• National Gallery of Victoria
• Australian Centre for the Moving Image
• Museum Victoria
• Melbourne Recital Centre
• Geelong Performing Arts Centre
• State Library
• The Arts Centre
• Public Record Office
• Film Victoria now lives over in DIIRD

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Less than 1 of Arts Victorias budget goes to
grants to artists to make work
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Cultural employment in Victoria
Cultural employment in Victoria, 2006
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Culture is bigger than the arts design
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Cultural policy is bigger than the arts screen
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Cultural policy is bigger than the arts liquor
licensing
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Cultural policy is bigger than the arts the
internet
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Policy challenges

• Addressing culture in the wider sense, not just
  capital-A arts
• Technology is changing culture
• Whole-of-government approach
• Regulation as well as funding
• Starving artists or iconic institutions?

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More Than Luck
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Ben Eltham0422 987 538ben.eltham_at_gmail.com