Peta Murphy's recent appearances (OpenAustralia.org)
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date: 2024-06-30T23:05:42+00:00
items: Housing Affordability | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Skills and Training | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Morley, Ms Olivia, Invictus Games | Constituency Statements | House debates
items: Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Pensions and Benefits | Private Members' Business | House debates
items: Cost of Living | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Gender Equality | Ministerial Statements | House debates
items: Commonwealth Procurement | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
items: Crean, Hon. Simon Findlay | Condolences | House debates
items: Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber | Committees | House debates
items: Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report | Committees | House debates
items: Pensions and Benefits | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: Women In Sport | Statements by Members | House debates
items: Workforce Australia Employment Services Select Committee; Report | Committees | House debates
items: Education | Questions without Notice | House debates
items: National Cultural Policy | Private Members' Business | House debates

Housing Affordability | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Minister for Housing and Homelessness. How will the Albanese Labor government's Help to Buy scheme help Australians get into their own home, and how does it fit into the...
encoded: My question is to the Minister for Housing and Homelessness. How will the Albanese Labor government's Help to Buy scheme help Australians get into their own home, and how does it fit into the government's broader housing agenda?
date: 2023-11-28T14:44:00+00:00

Interactive Gambling Amendment (Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: People shouldn't bet with money they don't have. It's really as simple as that. But betting with money they don't have is exactly what happens to people who are experiencing gambling harm. At the...
encoded: People shouldn't bet with money they don't have. It's really as simple as that. But betting with money they don't have is exactly what happens to people who are experiencing gambling harm. At the very least, they bet with money they can't afford. This is an important piece of legislation to continue us down the track of harm minimisation by putting in place a prohibition on using credit cards for gambling—because that is the very definition of gambling with money that you don't have. As the Chair of the House Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, I had the privilege of chairing an inquiry which wrapped up in the middle of this year into harms from online gambling. We in this country have to acknowledge that gambling is a public health issue and that gambling is an addiction and start talking about it and treating it similarly to the way we treat other mental health issues and addiction problems, such as alcohol and drug abuse. We have to take away the stigma and let people know that they are suffering from an addiction but that they can talk about it and they can get help and they shouldn't feel ashamed that they need help to deal with the harms that they're experiencing from gambling or the harms that they're inflicting on others from their gambling. They shouldn't feel reluctant to speak out. This is Gambling Harm Awareness Week. On Tuesday, I was joined for a Facebook live session by Jesse Murphy—no relation—from my electorate, an incredibly courageous 29-year-old man who talked about his experience of becoming a gambling addict—what it did to him, how it made him feel, how it affected his relationships with his flatmates, his friends and, importantly, his family and his parents and how hard it was for him to overcome it. It was hard for him to overcome it in the face of the bombardment of ads on the television telling him to bet. He's a footy player, an AFL player. It was hard for him to overcome in the face of everything to do with the AFL—the …
date: 2023-10-19T10:12:00+00:00

Skills and Training | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its commitment to provide Australians with the skills they need for the careers and...
encoded: My question is to the Minister for Skills and Training. How is the Albanese Labor government delivering on its commitment to provide Australians with the skills they need for the careers and opportunities of the future? What has been the response to the government's policies?
date: 2023-10-16T14:41:00+00:00

Morley, Ms Olivia, Invictus Games | Constituency Statements | House debates
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description: Today I'd like to share the story of an impressive young woman from Frankston, Olivia Morley. Olivia is just 17-years-old and she recently competed with the Australian Dragon Boat Team, called...
encoded: Today I'd like to share the story of an impressive young woman from Frankston, Olivia Morley. Olivia is just 17-years-old and she recently competed with the Australian Dragon Boat Team, called the Auroras, at the World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Thailand. At the championships Olivia and her team brought home seven bronze medals out of eight possible events, and Australia secured the fifth position amongst 22 competing countries. Olivia's journey into dragon boating is somewhat unique. She got into the sport because her grandmother started dragon boating, in an unfortunately not so unique story, after a breast cancer diagnosis. Her grandmother's involvement in dragon boating has led it to it becoming a bit of a family affair. Olivia's whole family is involved. Even her older cousin competes for Australia. Olivia trains once a week during the off-season and two to three times a week during competitions. In the lead-up to Thailand, she trained four times a week with her mum driving her from my electorate all the way to the city for all of the sessions. Olivia's proud mum and grandmother accompanied her to Thailand, where they say the smile did not leave her face. Olivia has made her family and Australia proud with her hard work. I also want to wish good luck to our Aussie athletes competing at the Invictus Games in Germany next week. The Invictus Games are an international adaptive sporting event for serving and former defence personnel. The games use the power of sport to inspire recovery and support rehabilitation. Importantly, they generate a wider understanding and respect for wounded, injured and ill service personnel. One of the athletes from my electorate who is going is Francine from Seaford. Francine is a former Australian Army medic who deals with chronic lower back pain. Despite her challenges, Francine focuses on how sport aids her rehabilitation. She says: 'Sport has been amazing for me and something I have done my whole life. It keeps me accounta…
date: 2023-09-05T16:22:00+00:00

Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: What's that got to do with the motion?
encoded: What's that got to do with the motion?
date: 2023-09-04T15:53:00+00:00

Pensions and Benefits | Private Members' Business | House debates
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description: I can help the member out as to when this was raised and spoken about. It was every question time and most 90-seconders. I was elected to this place in 2019. I spoke about robodebt so many times....
encoded: I can help the member out as to when this was raised and spoken about. It was every question time and most 90-seconders. I was elected to this place in 2019. I spoke about robodebt so many times. I spoke about Mel, a woman in my electorate who worked part time and who had a $5,000 debt raised against her—an unlawful robodebt that she didn't owe. I spoke about an email I received from Mel and her husband because they just couldn't get a review. They told me: We have so little faith in the Department that we believe there is a strong possibility: no review will take place, they will ignore the evidence and claim money is owed regardless, that Mel's maternity payments will be taken, or all of the above. As a young family in the electorate of Dunkley, those payments will directly support and provide for our child. This was raised over and over again in this parliament by the then opposition. It shouldn't have had to have been, but it was. As Commissioner Holmes said, the beginning of 2017 was the point when robodebt's unfairness, probable illegality and cruelty became apparent. It should then have been abandoned or revised drastically. An enormous amount of hardship and misery, as well as the expense the government was so anxious to minimise, would have been averted. Instead, the path was taken to double down, to go on the attack in the media against those who complained and to maintain the falsehood that in fact the system had not changed at all. The government was, the DHS and DSS ministers maintained, acting righteously to recoup taxpayers' money from the undeserving. The member for Maribyrnong, Bill Shorten, prosecuted robodebt vociferously in this parliament. And no-one who sat here could possibly not know that he did that. But he shouldn't have had to. From 2017 onwards, the then government knew what was happening and turned a blind eye. The member for Flinders gave a thoughtful speech, I would like to say, and acknowledged the problems with robodebt. One thing, t…
date: 2023-09-04T11:18:00+00:00

Cost of Living | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to ease cost-of-living pressures on Australian families and small businesses, and what barriers are there to that...
encoded: My question is to the Treasurer. How is the Albanese Labor government helping to ease cost-of-living pressures on Australian families and small businesses, and what barriers are there to that support being delivered?
date: 2023-08-10T14:38:00+00:00

Gender Equality | Ministerial Statements | House debates
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description: We do compared to the member for Macnamara—apart from basketball because you can just reach up and put the ball in the hoop! But we're skilled and we're tactical and we're strategic and we...
encoded: We do compared to the member for Macnamara—apart from basketball because you can just reach up and put the ball in the hoop! But we're skilled and we're tactical and we're strategic and we do jump high and run fast and throw hard and kick far, and it's interesting to watch. The issue is not just that Australians are wrapped up in women's sport at the moment but how do we use that moving forward? Things have changed significantly since I was a young girl in the eighties, where the only time I got to see a woman in a sports magazine was when they had the bikini edition of Sports Illustrated. My dad always used to say to me, 'Write to the editor. If you don't like it, write to the editor and get it changed.' Things have changed, but they haven't changed enough, and we need to leverage this moment in time to support women to be involved in sport at all levels and in all ways. It's still the case in our country that when a dad who's never played basketball says, 'I'll step in and help coach my daughter's under-10 basketball team,' people say, 'Isn't that wonderful?' but when a mum who's never played soccer says, 'I'll step in and help coach my son's under-10 soccer team,' there's a bit of a, 'But do know what you're doing?' Men who have had a bit of a go at playing tennis when they were in high school are accepted to coach their kids' tennis teams, but women who have been professional tennis players aren't accepted to coach elite junior boys teams. We still have a fair way to go when sports like netball are actively embracing boys playing and men being on their committees but many football clubs have never had a female president, let alone a woman on their committee. We still have a fair way to go to say that gender equality actually means that men and women can be involved in boys', girls', men's and women's sports at all levels, doing all things. Coaching, being administrators, being physios, being commentators—it doesn't matter. They can do it. I know that the Ministe…
date: 2023-08-09T10:00:00+00:00

Gender Equality | Ministerial Statements | House debates
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description: As others who have spoken to this before me have noted, in the latest World Economic Forum Global gender gap report, Australia has moved from 43rd place to 26th place. That's a pretty impressive...
encoded: As others who have spoken to this before me have noted, in the latest World Economic Forum Global gender gap report, Australia has moved from 43rd place to 26th place. That's a pretty impressive jump of 17 spots. It is the largest improvement in Australia's ranking in the report since the index started comparing nations in 2016. There is no doubt that that jump was contributed to significantly by the fact that, for the first time in history, we have a federal government which has more women than men in it—53 per cent are women—and we have a government that has spent the last 12 months starting to implement an agenda for gender equality that goes from workplaces to politics to schools to all aspects of society. The Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher, is right when she says that better gender representation leads to better outcomes. It is almost obvious—although for hundreds of years people, men, didn't seem to realise it—that the more people you have around the table from different backgrounds bringing different experiences and different points of view to a discussion, the better the outcomes you will get and the more representative the outcomes will be. So it's a significant achievement, but there's no doubt that we still have a long way to go in Australia for gender equality. We're all pretty wrapped up in the Matildas at the moment. Seeing how those young women, who are strong and fierce and feminine and tough and just amazing athletes, are representing their country in a way that we would want anyone, male or female, to represent their country and the way that Australians are responding to that is amazing. More Australians watched their last match than watched the AFL grand final, which seems to be blowing some people's minds, although a lot of us would say that we've been telling you for a very long time that women's sport is exciting. It's different to men's sport in many ways. Sure we don't jump as high or run as fast—always; sometimes we do—or kick the ball q…
date: 2023-08-09T10:00:00+00:00

Commonwealth Procurement | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Minister for Government Services. What new information has been brought to the attention of the government in relation to deficient procurements identified by the Watt...
encoded: My question is to the Minister for Government Services. What new information has been brought to the attention of the government in relation to deficient procurements identified by the Watt review and by other reviews of government services procurement?
date: 2023-08-09T14:54:00+00:00

Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading | Bills | House debates
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description: URPHY () (): As speakers before me have noted, the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023 is the first of...
encoded: URPHY () (): As speakers before me have noted, the Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) Amendment (Industry Self-Classification and Other Measures) Bill 2023 is the first of the government's responses to the Stevens review and, of course, it's a very important response. The 2020 Stevens review was released by this government in March of this year. I was really pleased to see the minister make a number of commitments on behalf of the Australian government—expanding options for industry to self-classify content, providing exemption from classification for foreign-language films distributed by public libraries and routine exhibitions hosted by cultural institutions, and removing the need to reclassify content that has already been classified for television We see that commitment come to fruition in this bill. The government also committed to consulting with industry and other key stakeholders on broader classification reforms, and that consultation is something that the minister and the minister's office have been very diligent about doing. The third announcement, which is something I wanted to briefly speak about, is to seek agreement of state and territory attorneys-general as co-partners in the scheme to introduce a mandatory minimum classification of R 18+ for games which contain simulated gambling, and M for computer games containing paid loot boxes. I'm the chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs. We recently finished quite a long inquiry into the regulatory regime and harm reduction for online gambling, and it included looking at loot boxes and simulated gambling. As we concluded in the report that we recently handed down, the evidence was clear that young Australians—children—are increasingly exposed to gambling-like activities. They're widely available and marketed to them on all digital platforms. There is a problem with the regulation and age gating. One only has to speak to parents to kn…
date: 2023-08-09T11:26:00+00:00

Crean, Hon. Simon Findlay | Condolences | House debates
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description: My husband, Rod Glover, and I both first met Simon Crean when we were what seems now to be very young federal Labor staffers from 1999 to 2001. That was the first time that I got to see what sort...
encoded: My husband, Rod Glover, and I both first met Simon Crean when we were what seems now to be very young federal Labor staffers from 1999 to 2001. That was the first time that I got to see what sort of person Simon was. I was a junior staffer who didn't work for Simon and had some but not a huge amount of interaction with him. Every time he saw me, including after 2001, he remembered my name, he knew why he knew me, he asked me how I was going and he asked me how Rod was because we had started our relationship by then. He didn't need to do that, and, every single time, I thought to myself, 'Wow, Simon Crean knows who I am.' Rod went on to be one of many people, like the member for Chisholm, who spoke earlier today, who worked for Simon Crean. Of course, that's how we got to know Simon quite well over the last 25 years. As Rod has said to me, when you talk to people who have worked for Simon, many of whom Rod and I count as very close friends, you realise that you become part of the Crean family, a family with a rich Labor tradition, with its Middle Park base over many decades. Simon's passion and generosity invoked in his staff a fierce sense of loyalty, and I've also seen the love that it invoked from his staff to him. This is what Rod remembers: that Simon worked hard and loved life. He was a champion of Australia's soft-power engagement with our region, where he saw the transformative power of international education and cultural and sporting exchange. He valued relationships with our region and beyond. He was also passionate about these things at home, as those at Monash University, the Tamworth Country Music Festival or his beloved North Melbourne Football Club would attest. Can I say, that going to the Tamworth Country Music Festival with Simon Crean would have to be, I think, one of the highlights of Rod's life. Were you to ask him to list the favourite things that he has done in his life, I'm pretty confident that Tamworth with Simon would come before our weddi…
date: 2023-08-02T11:06:00+00:00

Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Reference to Federation Chamber | Committees | House debates
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description: I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
encoded: I move: That the order of the day be referred to the Federation Chamber for debate. Question agreed to.
date: 2023-08-02T16:45:00+00:00

Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report | Committees | House debates
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description: I move: That the House take note of the report. Debate adjourned.
encoded: I move: That the House take note of the report. Debate adjourned.
date: 2023-08-02T16:45:00+00:00

Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee; Report | Committees | House debates
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description: On behalf of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, I present the committee's report entitled You win some, you lose more: online gambling and its impacts on those...
encoded: On behalf of the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, I present the committee's report entitled You win some, you lose more: online gambling and its impacts on those experiencing gambling harm, together with the minutes of proceedings. Report made a parliamentary paper in accordance with standing order 39(e). by leave—'You win some, you lose more,' the government's tagline on gambling advertising, adopted recently as part of the National Consumer Protection Framework, aptly sums up the evidence received during the inquiry of this committee of which I'm very proud to be the chair. The evidence was clear. If the status quo on online gambling regulation, including but certainly not limited to advertising, is to continue, Australians will continue to lose more—more money, more relationships, more love of sport for the game rather than for the odds. It is clear from the 31 bipartisan recommendations contained in this report that the committee's view is that we cannot accept that. What we heard from submitters, ranging from people with lived experience to researchers, academics and even people in the industry, is that tinkering around the edges isn't going to cut it either. This inquiry considered whether the current regulatory framework for online gaming and gambling advertising in Australia is fit for purpose and meeting community expectations. We received powerful evidence from people with lived experience, peak bodies, community organisations and concerned individuals about the harm that online gambling is causing to everyday Australians, to the people that they love and to their communities. We like to be the best in the world in Australia. Australians outspend the citizens of every other country on online gambling. In many of our communities and in many of our families, it is wreaking havoc. We heard over and over again, as members of this committee and as members of this chamber, that families believe saturation advertising is ensuring their child…
date: 2023-08-02T16:23:00+00:00

Pensions and Benefits | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Minister for Social Services. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to provide support for some of Australia's most vulnerable people rather than punishing them?
encoded: My question is to the Minister for Social Services. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to provide support for some of Australia's most vulnerable people rather than punishing them?
date: 2023-08-02T14:08:00+00:00

Women In Sport | Statements by Members | House debates
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description: When women play sport we are tough, strong, daring, determined, graceful, athletic, skilled, tactical and leaders. When Australian women play sport on the world stage we are winners. Last week...
encoded: When women play sport we are tough, strong, daring, determined, graceful, athletic, skilled, tactical and leaders. When Australian women play sport on the world stage we are winners. Last week the Australian women's cricket team, ranked No. 1 in the world, retained the Ashes. Last night the Matildas gave a masterclass in soccer resilience, teamwork, skills and tactics to progress to round 16 of the World Cup. Today in England the Diamonds are undoubtedly going to continue their undefeated run at the Netball World Cup. These victories are nothing new for Australian sportswomen. They have dominated courts, pools, pitches, gymnasiums, tracks, ovals and diamonds for all the time that Australia has played sport. But we haven't always received the attention, funding and support that female athletes deserve. We can feel that changing, but there is much more to do. We need equal pay and support for women to be coaches, managers, umpires, referees, CEOs, chairs and presidents not only of their own clubs but of their sons' and husbands' clubs as well. We need women's sport to be on free-to-air TV to inspire boys, girls, men and women alike. But, for today, let's celebrate what we have achieved and what our soccer and netball legends are about to achieve, making us all proud on the world stage.
date: 2023-08-01T13:49:00+00:00

Workforce Australia Employment Services Select Committee; Report | Committees | House debates
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description: I'm really pleased to speak on this thorough and considered report of the committee chaired by the member for Bruce because, like many people in this chamber, I have constituents whose experience...
encoded: I'm really pleased to speak on this thorough and considered report of the committee chaired by the member for Bruce because, like many people in this chamber, I have constituents whose experience with ParentsNext was terrible—not just unsatisfactory but terrible. I want to start by quoting from the foreword by the member for Bruce, where he says: The Australian Government has a responsibility to support and empower parents to achieve full social and economic participation. This is not merely a moral imperative, but an economic priority. ParentsNext grew out of earlier efforts to help young teenage parents, and then highly disadvantaged single mums with positive net outcomes. The Committee's conclusion is that the continuation of a 'program' (we say pre-vocational service) to support vulnerable parents is essential. ParentsNext, however, is now locked into a punitive frame and does too much harm for the good it also does. Unfortunately, the positive experiences were overshadowed by evidence of harms caused by onerous participation requirements and a harsh compliance regime. The Committee also heard that the program has an undue focus on paid employment, which may not be appropriate for many parents who have made the reasonable choice to focus on caring for their young children. I read out those two paragraphs because I couldn't agree with them more. In my opinion, they sum up the problems with the ParentsNext program, although I would add to that last sentence, where it says, 'the undue focus on paid employment … may not be appropriate for many parents who have made the reasonable choice to focus on caring for their young children', that it's also not appropriate for young parents who made the decision to focus on their education. In my electorate of Dunkley, we're very proud of a program that I've previously spoken about in this place, called the Young Parents Program, which started in February 2013. It started as a community partnership co-funded by Anglicare's Com…
date: 2023-06-21T10:20:00+00:00

Education | Questions without Notice | House debates
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description: My question is to the Minister for Education. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to close the education gap, which has worsened over the last decade, and why is closing that gap...
encoded: My question is to the Minister for Education. What action is the Albanese Labor government taking to close the education gap, which has worsened over the last decade, and why is closing that gap so important?
date: 2023-06-20T14:48:00+00:00

National Cultural Policy | Private Members' Business | House debates
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description: Last weekend, I went to the matinee performance of the Mount Eliza Community Pantomime's Cinderella. It was extraordinary. It has to be said that I don't think I'll ever look at Reverend Cameron...
encoded: Last weekend, I went to the matinee performance of the Mount Eliza Community Pantomime's Cinderella. It was extraordinary. It has to be said that I don't think I'll ever look at Reverend Cameron McAdam the same way again, having seen his performance in the pantomime! What was extraordinary was not just the talent of people from Dunkley and further down the peninsula who were performing in the pantomime; it was the level of interaction and sheer joy from the children and the adults that were in the crowd. It took one instance of a character looking out into the crowd and saying, 'Yes, I am,' for the kids to work out that they had to say, 'No, you're not,' in response. It took one slightly ribald innuendo for the parents and other the people, like me and my husband, to work out that there was going to be enough in the performance to keep the adults entertained as well. What it all added up to was a feeling of community—a feeling of engagement, belonging and people being there to be part of something together. To me, that's what the arts and culture mean. Sure, sometimes they mean going to a gallery or a performance in the city at the arts centre. But more often than not arts and culture mean being part of a joyous exhibition, pantomime, play or live music performance in your local community with others who are either indulging in their hobby or performing in their profession in a way that makes you feel connected to the rest of the community. To me, that's why our new national cultural policy, Revive, is so important. It acknowledges the different roles for the arts and culture. It recognises that portfolios other than the arts are intrinsically involved and use the arts and culture to benefit communities. When last month the Department of Social Services announced more than a million dollars in funding for arts projects, one might have thought, 'Why?' It was because these arts projects serve policy objectives in that portfolio. It's funding for projects to support yo…
date: 2023-06-19T11:09:00+00:00