Arts industry bodies are holding out for substantive funding announcements with the launch of the National Cultural Policy later this year, after the first budget from the Albanese government contained little support for the sector.
Speaking to ABC Arts the morning after Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed the October budget, Live Performance Australia (LPA), National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) and Screen Producers Australia (SPA) all said that they did not expect any windfalls from the budget.
But they each point to funding gaps they would like to see addressed in the forthcoming policy announcement.
