Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I am very pleased that the Australia Council always has been recognised by this government and by previous governments as the principal arts funding body under the Commonwealth, and that is something that has never altered. I am very pleased that we continue to make good provision for our great national collecting institutions and I am very pleased—and I think this was an important initiative of Senator Brandis—that there is good funding available for Creative Partnerships Australia, who have the objective of helping artists and arts organisations get together with philanthropists and business to make sure that those non-government dollars can be leveraged. I am very pleased about that. We will continue to consult. We will continue to listen, as has always been the case in the arts under this government.