Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        House of Representatives Votes and Proceedings, 20 March 2013, p. 2185.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, 21 March 2013, p. 3865.

[3]        Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 4 of 2013, Appendix 4.

[4]        See https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Rural_and_Regional_Affairs_and_Transport/Completed%20inquiries/2012-13/austcouncilbills2013/hearings/index.

Chapter 2 - Background and key provisions of the bills

[1]        Creative Australia: National Cultural Policy, Executive Summary.

[2]        In the words of Dr HC Coombs: 'to ensure the best is encouraged and those who produce it are given the greatest opportunity to achieve the highest quality of which they are capable'.

[3]        Trainor, G. and James, A., Review of the Australia Council, May 2012, p. 11.

[4]        Ms Gabrielle Trainor, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 1.

[5]        Ms Gabrielle Trainor, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 1.

[6]        Review of the Australia Council, May 2012, p. 9.

[7]        Review of the Australia Council, May 2012, p. 10.

[8]        Review of the Australia Council, May 2012, p. 10.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, Australia Council Bill 2013, p. 3.

[10]      Review of the Australia Council, May 2012, p. 14.

[11]      Review of the Australia Council, May 2012, p. 14.

[12]      Review of the Australia Council, May 2012, p. 14.

[13]      If enacted, subsection 12(1) would provide for Ministerial directions in relation to the performance of functions and the exercise of powers by the Council, or directions requiring the provision of a report or advice on a matter that relates to any of the Council's functions or powers. This provision updates an existing power in section 6B of the Act.

[14]      Australia Council Act 1975, ss. 9(4).

[15]      Australia Council Act 1975, s. 21.

[16]      Australia Council Act 1975, ss. 22(3).

[17]      Australia Council Act 1975, ss. 22(3A).

[18]      Australia Council, Annual Report 2011-12, pp 51–2.

[19]      Mr Rodney Hall, private capacity, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 21.

[20]      Review of the Australia Council, May 2012, p. 25.

[21]      Review of the Australia Council, May 2012, Recommendation 17, p. 36.

[22]      Review of the Australia Council, May 2012, pp 25–6.

[23]      Mr Angus James, Committee Hansard, p. 4.

[24]      Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport, Submission 27, p 15.

[25]      Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, Arts and Sport, Submission 27, p 16.

[26]      Australia Council Bill 2013, subclauses 17(3) and (4).

[27]      Explanatory Memorandum, Australia Council Bill 2013, p 17.

[28]      Explanatory Memorandum, Australia Council Bill 2013, p. 21.

[29]      Ms Stephanie Foster, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 44.

Chapter 3 - Issues

[1]        See, for example, Australian Major Performing Arts Group, Submission 8; APRA/AMCOS, Submission 23; Music Council of Australia, Submission 10; Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Submission 26; Chamber of Arts and Culture WA Inc, Submission 12; and Australian Copyright Council, Submission 9.

[2]        Ms Elizabeth Rogers, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 13.

[3]        Hon John-Paul Langbroek MP, Submission 28, p. 2.

[4]        Arts Law Centre of Australia, Submission 17, p. 2.

[5]        Australian Major Performing Arts Group, Submission 8, p. 2.

[6]        Dr Stephen Arnott, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 48.

[7]        Mr Rodney Hall, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 26.

[8]        Emeritus Professor David Williams, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 31.

[9]        Ms Tamara Winikoff, National Association for the Visual Arts, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 38.

[10]      Mr Rowan Ross, AMPAG, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 18.

[11]      Ms Gabrielle Trainor, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 5.

[12]      Australia Council Bill 2013, paragraphs 9(1)(a) and (b).

[13]      Australia Council Bill 2013, paragraphs 9(1)(a) and (b).

[14]      Mr Elizabeth Rogers, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p 11.

[15]      Mr Rodney Hall, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 27.

[16]      Mr Rowan Ross, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 17.

[17]      Regional Arts NSW, Submission 2, p. 1; Queensland Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Submission 28, p. 1.

[18]      Dr Stephen Arnott, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 48.

[19]      Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, the Arts and Sport, Supplementary Submission, pp 1–2.

[20]      Australia Council Bill 2013, paragraph 9(1)(e). The Australian Performing Arts Centres Association strongly supported the inclusion of this function: Submission 25, p. 1.

[21]      Australian Society of Authors, Submission 7, p. 1.

[22]      For example, Regional Arts Australia, Submission 1, p. 1; Australian Society of Authors, Submission 7, p. 1; Queensland Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts, Submission 28, p. 1; Tasmanian Regional Arts, Submission 6, p. 1; Ms Elizabeth Rogers, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 10.

[23]      Regional Arts NSW, Submission 2, p. 1.

[24]      Artslink Queensland, Submission 14, pp 2–3.

[25]      Museums Australia, Submission 21, p. 2.

[26]      Community Arts Network WA, Submission 4, p. 2.

[27]      Ms Stephanie Foster, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 49.

[28]      Mr Angus James, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 3.

[29]      Regional Arts Australia, Submission 1, p. 2.

[30]      Creative Australia, p. 43.

[31]      Artslink Queensland, Submission 14, p. 2.

[32]      Australian Society of Authors, Submission 7, p. 2.

[33]      Ms Elizabeth Rogers, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 18.

[34]      Museums Australia, Submission 21, p. 2.

[35]      Ms Robyn Ayres, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 38.

[36]      National Association for the Visual Arts, Submission 16, p. 2.

[37]      Ms Stephanie Foster, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 49.

[38]      Chamber of Arts and Culture WA Inc, Submission 12, p. 5. See also National Association for the Visual Arts, Submission 16, p. 4.

[39]      Australian Performing Arts Centres Association, Submission 25, p. 2.

[40]      Music Council of Australia, Submission 10, p. 2.

[41]      Ms Stephanie Foster, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 50.

[42]      See, for example, Regional Arts Australia, Submission 1, p. 2; and Country Arts WA, Submission 3, p. 2.

[43]      Australian Society of Authors, Submission 7, p. 2.

[44]      Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Submission 26, p. 1.

[45]      Ms Tamara Winikoff, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 37.

[46]      Arts Law Centre of Australia, Submission 17, p. 4.

[47]      Mr Rowan Ross, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 18.

[48]      Ms Stephanie Foster, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 47.

[49]      Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, the Arts and Sport, Supplementary Submission, p. 1.

[50]      See, for example, Regional Arts Australia, Submission 1; Community Arts Network WA, Submission 4; Dr Judith Pippen, Submission 5; Tasmanian Regional Arts, Submission 6; and Arts Law Centre of Australia, Submission 17.

[51]      Mr Angus James, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 4.

[52]      Ms Darani Lewers, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 30.

[53]      Emeritus Professor David Williams, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 30.

[54]      Ms Stephanie Foster, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 44.

[55]      Mr Rodney Hall, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, pp 24–5.

[56]      Ms Tamara Winikoff, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 36.

[57]      Australian Performing Arts Centres Association, Submission 25, p. 2.

[58]      Australia Council Bill 2013, subclause 31(2).

[59]      Explanatory Memorandum, Australia Council Bill 2013, p. 21.

[60]      Ms Tamara Winikoff, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 36.

[61]      See Ausdance, Submission 24, p. 2.

[62]      Ms Janet Millar, Committee Hansard, 23 April 2013, p. 15.

[63]      Department of Regional Australia, Local Government, the Arts and Sport, Supplementary Submission, p. 2.