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.