Labor has pledged more transparent funding to arts and cultural institutions, an examination of a national insurance scheme to protect the live performance sector from further shutdowns, and a plan to boost Australian content on multinational streamers, as part of the party’s detailed arts and culture policy.
Labor’s arts spokesperson, Tony Burke, also promised a Labor government would put First Nations art and culture at the forefront of its policies, and, in a symbolic gesture, restore the word “arts” as part of a named government department, if the ALP wins the 21 May election.
