AQ034 Cultural Policy.qxd - Arts Queensland
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Creative Enterprise<br />
Underpinning the principle of<br />
Creative Enterprise is the<br />
understanding that developing<br />
innovative cultural products and<br />
services leads to job creation and<br />
greater economic independence.<br />
The cultural sector comprises<br />
many small businesses, some<br />
in receipt of public subsidy,<br />
which face common pressures<br />
of increased competition,<br />
reduced investment by the<br />
private sector, the need to<br />
embrace new technology, and<br />
the difficulty of balancing<br />
research and development<br />
against economic outcomes.<br />
New economies are<br />
increasingly based on services<br />
and intellectual property rather than<br />
manufacturing and capital assets.<br />
Investing in ideas and innovation, the<br />
foundation of the cultural industries and<br />
the Smart State, will boost the capacity<br />
for <strong>Queensland</strong> enterprises to prosper.<br />
Communication and information<br />
technologies represent a key opportunity<br />
for cultural enterprises to embrace new<br />
markets, develop new products, reach<br />
new audiences and enhance service<br />
delivery.<br />
In 1998-99 exports of cultural goods<br />
across the country totalled $964<br />
million 10 . The export of cultural product<br />
also offers significant opportunities for<br />
cultural businesses and the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />
economy.<br />
Creative industries which focus on<br />
enterprises with strong potential for<br />
wealth and job creation are at the heart<br />
of the Smart State and represent an<br />
important priority for Government.<br />
The Creative Industries Precinct, Kelvin Grove being developed by the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />
University of Technology in partnership with the <strong>Queensland</strong> Government through the<br />
Department of State Development. Photo courtesy of Hassel/MGT.<br />
Alongside investment in projects such<br />
as the new Creative Industries Precinct<br />
at Kelvin Grove, the Government is<br />
preparing <strong>Queensland</strong>’s first Creative<br />
Industries Strategy led by the<br />
Department of State Development. This<br />
strategy will foster greater enterprise in<br />
the State’s cultural industries and help<br />
deliver the economic goals of the<br />
<strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong>.<br />
The key strategies for Government in<br />
promoting creative enterprise are to:<br />
increase employment and training<br />
opportunities in the cultural and creative<br />
industries; promote research and<br />
development; enhance export<br />
development opportunities; enhance<br />
business development; and foster<br />
growth in the creative industries.<br />
Jobs and Training<br />
Many new jobs and businesses are<br />
fuelled by the power of creativity and<br />
intellectual property. Greater connection<br />
is needed between artists, industry and<br />
jobs. To do this, Government<br />
will ensure that individuals<br />
have the necessary skills and<br />
qualifications to realise their<br />
vocational potential.<br />
The Government’s Breaking<br />
the Unemployment Cycle and<br />
Skilling <strong>Queensland</strong><br />
initiatives will help provide<br />
new job opportunities and<br />
training in the arts and<br />
cultural sector. A partnership<br />
between <strong>Arts</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong><br />
and the Department of<br />
Employment and Training, The Smart<br />
State – Investing in <strong>Cultural</strong> Enterprises,<br />
is developing new training initiatives<br />
and job opportunities for artsworkers.<br />
To increase employment and training<br />
opportunities in the cultural and<br />
creative industries, the Government will<br />
develop initiatives including:<br />
• Continue to provide flexible,<br />
responsive, accessible and relevant<br />
training and professional development<br />
programs:<br />
– expansion of industry-based<br />
accredited training, assessment and<br />
recognition of current competencies;<br />
10 Australian Bureau of Statistics - Cultures and Leisure Framework 1998-99<br />
MILESTONES IN QUEENSLAND’S CULTURAL HISTORY<br />
1991 Refurbishment of the<br />
Thomas Dixon Building in West<br />
End for the <strong>Queensland</strong> Ballet<br />
and the <strong>Queensland</strong><br />
Philharmonic Orchestra.<br />
1991 <strong>Queensland</strong>: A State for<br />
the <strong>Arts</strong> released by <strong>Queensland</strong><br />
Government. Transforms cultural<br />
industries in <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />
Funding for individual artists<br />
was introduced and the<br />
Regional <strong>Arts</strong> Development<br />
Fund was established.<br />
1992 <strong>Queensland</strong> Heritage Act<br />
passed in Parliament.<br />
1992 Andrew McGahan’s novel<br />
Praise published to critical<br />
acclaim.<br />
1992 Brisbane-born Barry Otto<br />
wins Australia Film Critics Award<br />
for best supporting actor in Baz<br />
Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom.<br />
1992 <strong>Arts</strong> Training <strong>Queensland</strong><br />
established.<br />
1992 Glenn Murcutt awarded<br />
20 Creative <strong>Queensland</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Government <strong>Cultural</strong> <strong>Policy</strong> 2002<br />
the elite Aalto medal, becoming<br />
one of only eight architects in<br />
the world to hold the honour.<br />
1992 Brisbane International<br />
Film Festival introduced.<br />
1992 Joe Furlonger wins the<br />
inaugural Moet and Chandon<br />
prize - one of five<br />
<strong>Queensland</strong>ers to win the award<br />
throughout the 1990s. Other<br />
<strong>Queensland</strong>ers to win were<br />
Gordon Bennett, Judy Watson,<br />
Hollie and Jude Kentish.<br />
1992 Out of the<br />
Box festival of<br />
early childhood<br />
established.<br />
1992 The Lab<br />
established in<br />
Townsville.<br />
1993 Central<br />
<strong>Queensland</strong> University Press<br />
established focussing on<br />
publication of regional and rural<br />
writing.<br />
▼<br />
1993 Curator,<br />
photographer and<br />
writer Michael Aird<br />
opens Portrait of Our<br />
Elders at the<br />
<strong>Queensland</strong> Museum.<br />
5. 1993 The famous<br />
‘Mabo’ judgement<br />
handed down by the High Court<br />
of Australia; overturns the<br />
notion of ‘terra nullius’ and<br />
recognises ‘native title’.<br />
5. Photo courtesy <strong>Queensland</strong> Performing<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> Centre.