AMaGA was surprised and dismayed by the omission of any reference to the Department for the Arts in the Prime Minister’s announcement of his departmental restructures on 5 December.

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AMaGA has made a submission in response to the Australian Infrastructure Audit 2019. It sounds dry but is hugely important in terms of prioritising significant Commonwealth and state funding in the coming years.

First up, we commended Infrastructure Australia for the inclusion of social infrastructure: arts and culture for the first time in the national picture. We then argued that Australia’s cultural infrastructure is a wellspring of creativity, imagination and innovation – read more...