Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction and background

[1]        Journals of the Senate No. 96, 16 June 2015, pp 2664-2665.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, No. 103, 10 August 2015, p. 2880.

[3]        Journals of the Senate No. 108, 18 August 2015, p. 2972.

[4]        Journals of the Senate No. 124, 10 November 2015, p. 3334.

[5]        Professor M Seares AO and Dr Gardiner-Garden, Cultural Policies in Australia, Australia Council, June 2011,pp 7-10,  http://www.cdc-ccd.org/IMG/pdf/Australian_policies_on_culture.pdf  (accessed 29 July 2015).

[6]        The Australia Council was established under the Australia Council Act 1975.

[7]        Australia Council for the Arts, Annual Report 2014-15, 26 August 2015, p. 3.

[8]        Australia Council for the Arts, Annual Report 2014-15, 26 August 2015, p. 19.

[9]        Australia Council for the Arts, Annual Report 2014-15, 26 August 2015, p. 3.

[10]      Australia Council for the Arts, Annual Report, 2014-15, 26 August 2015, p. 19.

[11]      Gabrielle Trainor & Angus James, Review of the Australia Council, May 2012, at http://creativeaustralia.arts.gov.au/assets/australia-council-review-report-survey-outcomes-20130419.pdf (accessed 9 October 2015).

[12]      M Coombs, Australia Council Bill 2013, Bills Digest, Parliamentary Library, 19 June 2013, http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbillsdgs%2F2531601%22 (accessed 29 July 2015).

[13]      Review of the Australia Council: Australian Government response, at http://creativeaustralia.arts.gov.au/archived/module/appendix-b/ (accessed 11 October 2015).

[14]      Australian Government, Budget Measures 2014-15—Part 2: Expense Measures, at http://budget.gov.au/2014-15/content/bp2/html/bp2_expense-05.htm (accessed 9 October 2015).

[15]      Don Groves, '$38 million funding hit for Screen Australia', 14 May 2014, at http://if.com.au/2014/05/13/article/38-million-funding-hit-for-Screen-Australia/JKNEQQFVRR.html (accessed 20 October 2015).

[16]      Australian Government, Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, December 2014, Appendix A, at http://www.budget.gov.au/2014-15/content/myefo/html/11_appendix_a_expense.htm (accessed 20 November 2015).

[17]      Australian Government, Budget Measures 2015-16 — Part 2: Expense Measures, http://www.budget.gov.au/2015-16/content/bp2/download/BP2_Expense.pdf, p. 59.

[18]      Australian Government, Portfolio Budget Statements 2015-16, Budget Related Paper No.1.2: Attorney-General's Portfolio, p. 78.

[19]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 3.

[20]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 6.

[21]      Cultural Ministers Council (CMC), A National Framework for Governments’ Support of the Major Performing Arts Sector, 12 August 2011, http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/symphony/extension/richtext_redactor/getfile/?name=c2da6fb09dc09b1bff708a93fa8e0a82.pdf  (accessed 29 July 2015).

[22]      Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney General for Australia and Minister for the Arts, Attorney-General's Portfolio Budget measures 2015–16, 12 May 2015, http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Mediareleases/Pages/2015/SecondQuarter/12-May-2015-Attorney-General's-Portfolio-Budget-measures-2015-16.aspx (accessed 29 July 2015).

[23]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 3.

[24]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 10.

[25]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 11.

[26]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 12.

[27]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 3.

[28]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 13.

[29]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 13.

[30]      Australia Council for the Arts, Australia Council outlines revised grants program, media release, 23 July 2015, http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/news/media-centre/media-releases/australia-council-outlines-revised-grants-program/ (accessed 29 July 2015).

[31]      Australia Council for the Arts, Australia Council outlines revised grants program, media release, 23 July 2015, http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/news/media-centre/media-releases/australia-council-outlines-revised-grants-program/ (accessed 29 July 2015).

[32]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 14.

[33]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, pp 13-14.

[34]      Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 8.

[35]      Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney General for Australia and Minister for the Arts, Attorney-General's Portfolio Budget measures 2015–16, 12 May 2015, http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Mediareleases/Pages/2015/SecondQuarter/12-May-2015-Attorney-General's-Portfolio-Budget-measures-2015-16.aspx (accessed 29 July 2015).

[36]      See http://arts.gov.au/nationalexcellenceprogram (accessed 9 September 2015).

[37]      Australian Government, Ministry for the arts, Draft Guidelines: The National Program for Excellence in the Arts, pp 3-4.

[38]      Australian Government, Ministry for the arts, Draft Guidelines: The National Program for Excellence in the Arts, pp 6-7.

[39]      Australian Government, Ministry for the arts, Draft Guidelines: The National Program for Excellence in the Arts, p. 8.

[40]      Dr Stephen Arnott PSM, Assistant Secretary, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, p. 12.

[41]      http://arts.gov.au/funding-support/national-program-excellence-arts/expression-interest (accessed 9 September 2015).

[42]      Senator the Hon George Brandis QC, Attorney-General for Australia and Minister for the Arts, 'Book Council of Australia', media release, 11 September 2015, at http://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Mediareleases/Pages/2015/ThirdQuarter/11-September-2015-Book-Council-of-Australia.aspx (accessed 14 September 2015).

[43]      Australian Government, Ministry for the arts, Terms of Reference—Book Council of Australia, p. 1 at http://arts.gov.au/news/2015/09/book-council-australia (accessed 12 October 2015).

[44]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, 'Guidelines released for new arts fund', Media Release, 20 November 2015, p. 1.

[45]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, 'Guidelines released for new arts fund', Media Release, 20 November 2015, p. 2.

[46]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund: Guidelines, November 2015, pp 4-5.

[47]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund: Guidelines, November 2015, p. 9.

[48]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund: Guidelines, November 2015, p. 6.

[49]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund: Guidelines, November 2015, pp 4, 6.

[50]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund: Guidelines, November 2015, p. 7.

[51]      Department of Communications and the Arts, Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund: Guidelines, November 2015, pp 7-8.

[52]      Senator the Hon Mitch Fifield, Minister for the Arts, 'Applications open for Catalyst', Media Release, 27 November 2015.

Chapter 2 - Key issues: evaluating the changes to arts funding

[1]        Ms Tamara Winikoff, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 7.

[2]        Ms Roslyn Dundas, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 29.

[3]        Ms Jennifer Layther, Acting Executive Director, Arts SA, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 57.

[4]        Ms Lyn Morgain, Chair, Board of Directors, Footscray Community Arts Centre, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 11.

[5]        Ms Sarah Tooth, Director, SA Writers' Centre, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 43.

[6]        Ms Evelyn Richards, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 46.

[7]        Ms Evelyn Richards, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 43.

[8]        Cultural Development Network, Submission 175.

[9]        Ms Tamara Winikoff, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 7.

[10]      Community Arts Network WA, Submission 469, p. 1.

[11]      Senator the Hon George Brandis, Attorney-General for Australia, Media Release, 'Speech at Launch of the Australia Council Strategic Plan', Sydney, 18 August 2014.

[12]      Ms Julianne Pierce, Submission 1822.

[13]      Dr Alison Richards, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, pp 27-28.

[14]      Ms Patricia Walton, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 11.

[15]      Ms Bethwyn Serow, Executive Director, AMPAG, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 78. 

[16]      Mr Rupert Myer, Chair, Australia Council for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 85.

[17]      Mr Rupert Myer, Chair, Australia Council for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 81.

[18]      Ms Fiona Symonds, Chief Executive Officer, WA Youth Jazz Orchestra Association, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 43.

[19]      Australia Council for the Arts, Four Year Funding—Organisations, at http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/funding/new-grants-model/four-year-funding-organisations/ (accessed 16 October 2015).

[20]      Ms Amy Barrett-Lennard, Director, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 62; Mr Lachlan McDonald, answer to question on notice taken on 1 September 2015 (received 25 September 2015), p. 3; Mr Robert Brookman, Director and co-Chief Executive Officer, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 23.

[21]      Dr Alison Richards, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 21.

[22]      Ms Alexie Glass-Kantor, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 31.

[23]      Mr Aaron Beach, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 73.

[24]      Ms Tamara Winikoff, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 3.

[25]      Ms Alexie Glass-Kantor, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 33.

[26]      Mr Paul Dunn, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 49.

[27]      Mr Andrew Packer, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 27.

[28]      Ms Lorna Hempstead, Committee Hansards, 27 October 2015, p. 21.

[29]      Ms Christina Davidson, Committee Hansard, 29 October 2015, p. 47.

[30]      Mr Peter Kift, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 34.

[31]      Australian Major Performing Arts Group, Submission 150, p. 7.

[32]      Mr Lachlan McDonald, answer to question on notice taken on 1 September 2015 (received 25 September 2015).

[33]      Dr Susan Ostling, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 26.

[34]      Mr Ross McHenry, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 62.

[35]      Mr Simon Abrahams, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 68.

[36]      Ms Liesel Zink, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 66.

[37]      Ms Annie Greig, Committee Hansard, 3 September 2015, p. 54.

[38]      Ms Monique Douglas, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 47.

[39]      See Professor Peter Matthews, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 38; Ms Tricia Walton, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 13.

[40]      Queensland Government, Submission 793, p. 2.

[41]      See Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, pp 22, 27, 71-72.

[42]      Ms Nicole Beyer, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 3.

[43]      Mr Joshua Hoare, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 9.

[44]      Professor Nikos Papastergiadis, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 55; Associate Professor Lawrence Harvey, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 56.

[45]      Professor Brad Haseman, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 24.

[46]      Ms Vicki Sowry, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 33.

[47]      Ms Vicki Sowry, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 33.

[48]      Artslink Queensland, Submission 806, p. 3.

[49]      Australian Major Performing Arts Group, Submission 150, p. 4.

[50]      Professor Ted Snell, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 67.

[51]      Australian Major Performing Arts Group, Submission 150, p. 4.

[52]      Professor Ted Snell, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 67.

[53]      Ms Pilar Kasat, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 23.

[54]      Ms Monique Douglas, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 42.

[55]       Ms Evelyn Richardson, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 45.

[56]      Ms Esther Anatolitis, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 17.

[57]      Ms Jennifer Layther, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 59.

[58]      Ms Jessica Machin, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 24.

[59]      Mr Neil Haddon, Committee Hansard, 3 September 2015, p. 21.

[60]      Australian Major Performing Arts Group, Submission 150, p. 3.

[61]      Ms Kathryn Osborne, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 92.

[62]      Dr Caroline Wake, Dr Erin Brannigan, Dr Meg Mumford, Dr Theron Schmidt, Dr Bryoni Trezise and Ms Su Goldfish, Submission 581, p. 4.

[63]      Dr Caroline Wake, Dr Erin Brannigan, Dr Meg Mumford, Dr Theron Schmidt, Dr Bryoni Trezise and Ms Su Goldfish, Submission 581, p. 4.

[64]      Ms Merryn Carter, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 60.

[65]      Ms Fiona de Garis, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 17.

[66]      Mr Aaron Wyatt, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 87.

[67]      Ms Emma Webb, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 27.

[68]      Dr Paula Abood, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2015, p. 63.

[69]      Ms Tamara Winikoff, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 8.

[70]      Mr Wesley Morris, Committee Hansard, 29 October 2015, p. 48.

[71]      Ms Alexie Glass-Kantor, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 33.

[72]      Mr Shakthidharan Sivanathan, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2015, p. 8.

[73]      Mr Phillip Keir, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 44.

[74]      Mr Krystian Seibert, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 45.

[75]      Mr Krystian Seibert, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 45.

[76]      Ms Fiona Menzies, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 55.

[77]      Mr Krystian Seibert, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 44.

[78]      Ms Lorna Hempstead, Committee Hansards, 27 October 2015, p. 21.

[79]      Mr Norm Horton, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 26.

[80]      Ms Christabel Anthoney, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 19.

[81]      Ms Jessica Machin, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 26.

[82]      Mr Ian Lilburne, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 51.

[83]      Mr Paul Dunn, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 51.

[84]      Ms Nicole Beyer, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 8.

[85]      Mr Simon Abrahams, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p 74.

[86]      Ms Nicole Beyer, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 5.

[87]      Dr Elizabeth Jones, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 21.

[88]      Professor Peter Matthews, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 37.

[89]      Ms Pilar Kasat, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 25.

[90]      Mr Rick Heath, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 10.

[91]      Mr Ross McHenry, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 63.

[92]      Professor Peter Matthews, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 40.

[93]      Ms Tamara Winikoff, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 5.

[94]      Mr Simon Abrahams, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 68.

[95]      Regional Arts Australia, Submission 1131, p. 4.

[96]      Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry of the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, p. 19.

[97]      Australian Government, Ministry for the Arts, Draft Guidelines: The National Program for Excellence in the Arts, p. 8.

[98]      Ms Merryn Carter, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 62.

[99]      Ms Kate Larsen, Director, Writers Victoria, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 41.

[100]    Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, p. 15. The Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines require that entities must publish information on all grants awarded on their website, subject to certain exemptions available where publication would breach the Privacy Act or other statutory or contractual requirements, or where the minister and the Finance Minister deem that publication 'could adversely affect the achievement of government policy outcomes'. Department of Finance, Commonwealth Grants Rules and Guidelines, July 2014, p. 14.

[101]    Ms Amelia Bartak, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, pp 31-32.

[102]    Ms Kathryn Osborne, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 92.

[103]    Ms Fiona de Garis, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 16.

[104]    Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, p. 10.

[105]    Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, p. 22.

[106]    Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard, Supplementary Estimates hearing, 20 October 2015, p. 32.

[107]    See Australian Government, Budget Measures 2015-16—Part 2: Expense measures, p. 62: 'The Government will provide $104.7 million over four years to establish a National Programme for Excellence in the Arts, administered by the Ministry for the Arts within the Attorney-General’s Department'; and Australian Government, Portfolio Budget Statements 2015-16, Budget Related Paper No.1.2: Attorney-General's Portfolio, p. 80.

[108]    Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, p. 6.

[109]    Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, pp 14, 18.

[110]    Ministry for the Arts, answer to question on notice (Question No.2) from the committee's 23 November 2015 public hearing, received 26 November 2015.

[111]    Ms Susan Donnelly, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 64.

[112]    Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, p. 5.

[113]    Ms Amy Barrett-Lennard, Director, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 62.

[114]    Ms Roslyn Dundas, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 32.

[115]    Mr Henry Boston, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 1.

[116]    Ms Kate Larsen, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 36.

[117]    Ms Sarah Tooth, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 47.

[118]    Ms Kate Larsen, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 36.

[119]    Ms Kate Larsen, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 39.

[120]    Ms Katie Woods, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 9.

[121]    Ms Lisa Dempster, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 39.

[122]    Ms Eleanor Jackson, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2015, p. 25.

[123]    Ms Jane Fraser, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 56. See also Emeritus Professor Dennis Haskell, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 56.

[124]    Ms Christine Gallagher, Committee Hansard, 3 September 2015, p. 5.

[125]    Ms Katie Woods, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 10.

[126]    Dr Michelle Cahill, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2015, pp 18–19.

[127]    Ms Sarah Tooth, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 46.

[128]    Mr Sam Twyford-Moore, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 3.

[129]    Dr Angelo Loukakis, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 2.

[130]    Emeritus Professor Dennis Haskell, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 53.

[131]    Mr Ian Lilburne, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 52.

[132]    Mr Graeme Mason, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 50.

[133]    Mr Graeme Mason, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 50.

[134]    Mr Graeme Mason, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 50.

[135]    Mr Graeme Mason, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 52.

[136]    Ms Christina Alvarez, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 20.

[137]    Mr Antonio De Casare, Committee Hansard, 3 September 2015 ,p. 43.

[138]    Ms Christina Alvarez, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 20.

[139]    Ms Christina Alvarez, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 20.

[140]    Mr Graeme Mason, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 51.

[141]    Mr Antonio De Casare, Committee Hansard, 3 September 2015 ,p. 47.

[142]    Ms Sharon Connolly, Committee Hansard, 3 September 2015, p. 44.

[143]    Ms Zoe Angus, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 24.

[144]    Ms Zoe Angus, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 30.

[145]    Ms Vicki Sowry, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 36.

[146]    Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 58.

[147]    Professor Ted Snell, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 70.

[148]    Ms Esther Anatolitis, Chief Executive Officer, Regional Arts Victoria, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 15.

[149]    Mr Mason, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 51–52. 

Chapter 3 - Distribution, equity and diversity: the impact of the changes

[1]        Ms Nicole Beyer, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 1.

[2]        Ms Petra Kalive, Submission 1852, p. 2.

[3]        Mr Krystian Seibert, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 44.

[4]        Mr Aaron Beach, Executive Director, Co3, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, pp 73-74.

[5]        Ms Delma Baesjou, Chairperson, Board of Management, Southern Edge Arts Inc, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 43.

[6]        Ms Helen Bock, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 50.

[7]        Ms Tamara Winikoff, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 2.

[8]        Australian Major Performing Arts Group (AMPAG), Submission 150, p. 7.

[9]        AMPAG, Submission 150, p. 8.

[10]      Ms Bethwyn Serow, Executive Director, AMPAG, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 73. 

[11]      Ms Kate Cherry, Artistic Director, Black Swan State Theatre Company, Committee Hansard,
1 September 2015, p. 33.

[12]      Ms Natalie Jenkins, General Manager, Black Swan State Theatre Company, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 35.

[13]      Black Swan and the Blue Room, answer to question on notice taken on 1 September 2015 (received 25 September 2015).

[14]      Ms Susan Donnelly, Executive Director, Queensland Theatre Company, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, p. 61.

[15]      Circus Oz, Submission 490, p. 2.

[16]      Ms Evelyn Richardson, Chief Executive, Live Performance Australia, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 46.

[17]      Mr Robert Brookman, Executive Director and co-Chief Executive Officer, State Theatre Company of South Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2015, p. 23.

[18]      Associate Professor Lawrence Harvey, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 56.

[19]      Ms Vivian Diherl, Submission 548, Supplementary, p. 2.

[20]      Dr Cat Hope, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 91.

[21]      Dr Catherine Hope, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 86.

[22]      Dr Catherine Hope, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 90.

[23]      Ms Rebecca Baumann, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 68.

[24]      Ms Rebecca Baumann, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 67.

[25]      Mr Jim Cathcart, Director, Fremantle Arts Centre, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015,
p. 81.

[26]      Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, pp 7-8.

[27]      Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, p. 8.

[28]      Dr Paula Abood, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2015, p. 62. 

[29]      Dr Paula Abood, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2015, p. 56. 

[30]      Artslink Queensland, Submission 806, p. 4. See Australia Council for the Arts, Annual Report 2012-2013, September 2013, p. 19. More up to date figures on funding per state can be found in the Australia Council for the Arts Annual Report 2014-15, August 2015, p. 24.

[31]      Artslink Queensland, Submission 806, p. 4.

[32]      Queensland Government, Submission 793, p. 3.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, pp 1, 3.

[34]      Ms Amy Barrett Lennard, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 64.

[35]      Ms Fiona de Garis, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 20.

[36]      See Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, pp 76-77; Committee Hansard, 11 September 2015, pp 25, 46-47, 56.

[37]      Regional Arts Australia, Submission 1131, p. 4.

[38]      Ms Melissa Robertson, Public Officer, Arts Nexus, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 4. 

[39]      Ms Eve Stafford, Director, Savvy Arts, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 2.

[40]      Mr Lachlan McDonald, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 88.

[41]      Ms Eve Stafford, Director, Savvy Arts, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 2. 

[42]      Dr Derek Motion, Regional Arts Development Officer, Western Riverina Arts, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2015, p. 35. 

[43]      Ms Jessica Machin, Country Arts WA, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 31.

[44]      Mr John Oster, Executive Director, Regional Arts Australia, Committee Hansard, 29 October 2015, pp 1–2. 

[45]      Ms Felicity Bott, Director, Ausdance WA, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 73.

[46]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 578, p. 3.

[47]      Mr Justin Bishop, Director, KickArts Contemporary Arts, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 32. 

[48]      Ms Merryn Carter, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 60.

[49]      Mr Rick Heath, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 9.

[50]      Ms Georgia Cribb, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 65.

[51]      Ms Jennifer Layther, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 59.

[52]      Queensland Government, Submission 793, p. 1.

[53]      Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, pp 5, 29-30.

[54]      Queensland Government, Submission 793, p. 3.

[55]      Ms Jennifer Layther, Acting Executive Director, Arts SA, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 57.

[56]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 578, p. 1.

[57]      Ms Rachael Maza, Artistic Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, Committee Hansard, 5 August 2015, p. 27. 

[58]      Ms Debra Wilks, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts,

[59]      Mr Phillip Rist, President, Management Committee, Indigenous Art Centre Alliance (IACA), Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 3. 

[60]      Ms Pauline Lampton, Artistic Director, Biddigal Performing Arts, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 14. 

[61]      Ms Jenine Mackay, Chief Executive Officer, Incite Arts Inc., Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 53.

[62]      Mr Thomas Lewis, General Manager, Djilpin Arts Aboriginal Corporation, Committee Hansard, 29 October 2015, pp 8–9. 

[63]      Mr Les Malezer, Co-Chair, National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 69. 

[64]      Mr Les Malezer, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 65. 

[65]      Mr Les Malezer, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 67.

[66]      Mr Les Malezer, Committee Hansard, 5 November 2015, p. 65. 

[67]      Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, pp 6-7.

[68]      Ms Louise Dunn, Executive Director, Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre Incorporated, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 30. 

[69]      Ms Dunn, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 30. 

[70]      Ms Eleanor Jackson, Editor in Chief, Peril Magazine, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2015, p. 18. 

[71]      Mr Shakthidharan Sivanathan, Executive and Artistic Director, CuriousWorks, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2015, p. 2. 

[72]      Mr Sivanathan, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2015, p. 2. 

[73]      Ms Avril Duck, President and Artistic Director, Tropical Arts Association Inc., Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 41. 

[74]      Ms Mellis and Mrs Bennison, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 40. 

[75]      Ms Velvet Eldred, Committee Hansard, 27 October 2015, p. 52.

[76]      DADAA, About DADAA, available: http://www.dadaa.org.au/content/about/dadaa/ (accessed 11 November 2015). 

[77]      Mr Doyle, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 57. 

[78]      Mr Doyle, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 58. 

[79]      Mr Doyle, Committee Hansard, 1 September 2015, p. 57. 

[80]      Ms Gaelle Mellis, Creative, Access2Arts, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 38. 

[81]      Ms Mellis, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 38. 

[82]      Ms Mellis, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 38. 

[83]      Mrs Emma Bennison, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Arts Access Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 38.

[84]      Mrs Bennison, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 42.

[85]      Mrs Bennison, Committee Hansard, 18 September 2015, p. 38.

Chapter 4 - Catalyst

[1]        Australia Council for the Arts, 'Australia Council funding update', Media Statement, 20 November 2015.

[2]        Australia Council for the Arts, 'Australia Council funding update', Media Statement, 20 November 2015.

[3]        Australia Council for the Arts, 'Australia Council funding update', Media Statement, 20 November 2015.

[4]        Australia Council for the Arts, 'Australia Council funding update', Media Statement, 20 November 2015.

[5]        Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry of the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, pp 7, 13.

[6]        Tamara Winikoff, 'NAVA responds to Arts Minister's decision on NPEA', Media Release, 20 November 2015, at https://visualarts.net.au/news-opinion/2015/nava-responds-arts-ministers-decision-npea/ (accessed 24 November 2015).

[7]        Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, 'Arts funding changes a good first step—but more needed', Media Release, 20 November 2015.

[8]        Deborah Stone, 'Is it over? How protest killed the NPEA', ArtsHub Australia, 19 November 2015, at http://www.artshub.com.au/news-article/news/public-policy/deborah-stone/is-it-over-how-protest-killed-the-npea-249905 (accessed 24 November 2015); Matthew Westwood, 'Fifield tweaks recognise Australia Council's pain', The Australian, 20 November 2015, p. 16.

[9]        'Out with the NPEA, in with Catalyst: expert response', The Conversation, 20 November 2015, at https://theconversation.com/out-with-the-npea-in-with-catalyst-expert-response-51026 (accessed 24 November 2015).

[10]      'Out with the NPEA, in with Catalyst: expert response', The Conversation, 20 November 2015, at https://theconversation.com/out-with-the-npea-in-with-catalyst-expert-response-51026 (accessed 24 November 2015).

[11]      'Out with the NPEA, in with Catalyst: expert response', The Conversation, 20 November 2015, at https://theconversation.com/out-with-the-npea-in-with-catalyst-expert-response-51026 (accessed 24 November 2015).

[12]      Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry of the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, pp 1-2, 20-21. See also Ministry for the Arts, answer to question on notice (Question 3) from the committee's 23 November 2015 public hearing, received 26 November 2015.

[13]      Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry of the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, p. 4.

Chapter 5 - Committee views and recommendations

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No.96, 16 June 2015, p. 2665.

[2]        Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 8.

[3]        Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 8.

Dissenting report from Government Members of the Committee

[1]        Australia Council for the Arts, Submission 188, p. 16. (Figures rounded.)

[2]        Ms Eleanor Jackson, Committee Hansard, 4 November 2015, p. 23.

[3]        Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, p. 15.

[4]        Australia Council for the Arts, 'Australia Council funding update', Media Statement, 20 November 2015.

[5]        Ms Sally Basser, Executive Director, Ministry for the Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 November 2015, p. 14.