Platform Papers #48

When the Goal Posts Move

Ben Eltham

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Currency Press
01 August 2016

The Arts: General & Reference; Theatre Studies

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In May 2015 the Federal Arts Minister, George Brandis, dropped a funding bombshell that divided the arts like nothing since the Fraser Government in the 1980s brought down ceiling funding on the recently created State arts.

Brandis’ action favoured the classic arts but threatened the country’s developmental arm, the ‘small to medium’ sector, and drove a wedge between the two which promised the death of innovation.

Journalist and social commentator Ben Eltham traces his coverage of these twelve months: the shocking impact, the actions taken; and asks: How have the arts become so marginalised?

Is this the end of our most imaginative initiatives? Of the Australia Council itself? Eltham ruminates on intended and unintended consequences.

By: Ben Eltham
Imprint: Currency Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 98g
ISBN: 9780992489090
ISBN 10: 0992489091
Pages: 76
Publication Date: 01 August 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active