Hanging on to hope: SA cultural policy puts sector on edge

Members of South Australia’s creative sector are nervously awaiting the launch of a new state cultural policy, with some optimistic it will herald a new era for the arts while others fear it will end up being a missed opportunity.

South Australia wants a creative future - but we're going about it the wrong way

South Australia’s cultural sector is shrinking but policy-makers are focused on superficial issues rather than the substantial conversations we should be having.

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Vibrant what? The failed language of cultural policy

We have little understanding of the value of culture to our society and fuzzy government rhetoric isn’t helping, argue Tully Barnett, Julian Meyrick, Robert Phiddian and Heather Robinson.