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5.1.1 Diversify Funding .......................................................................................... 315.1.2 Change the grant application process .............................................................. 325.1.3 Improve communication and consultation ........................................................ 345.1.4 More support for contemporary music ............................................................. 355.1.5 Improve support for community arts and Community Cultural Development ........ 365.1.6 Organisational change ................................................................................... 365.2 Alternative models for arts funding............................................................ 385.2.1 Devolve funding to more localised channels ..................................................... 395.2.2 Look to other countries arts funding models ..................................................... 405.2.3 Philanthropy and incentive funding ................................................................. 415.2.4 Quick response grants ................................................................................... 425.2.5 Smaller grants to more recipients ................................................................... 425.2.6 Artist’s allowance/ dole.................................................................................. 435.2.7 Tax Incentives.............................................................................................. 435.3 Definitions of excellence .......................................................................... 445.3.1 Excellence is subjective ................................................................................. 455.3.2 The best/ high quality/outstanding ................................................................. 465.3.3 Skilled/ technical competence/ experienced/ proven ......................................... 475.3.4 Innovative/ risk taking .................................................................................. 475.3.5 Conceptual definitions ................................................................................... 485.4 Areas of focus for immediate future ........................................................... 486. Profile of respondents ............................................................ 506.1 Gender .................................................................................................. 506.2 Age ....................................................................................................... 516.3 Location ................................................................................................. 516.4 Role in the arts ....................................................................................... 536.5 Experience as an artist (artists only) ......................................................... 556.6 Employees in organisation (organisations only) ........................................... 556.7 Art-form ................................................................................................ 56APPENDIX: Australia Council Review Questionnaire .................... 57Please note that the data contained in this report has been prepared for the specific purpose of addressing theitems contained in the project contract between TNS Australia and the Department of Regional Australia,Local Government, Arts and Sport. It may not be suitable for other applications. The use of this data forany other purpose should be discussed with the lead author. TNS accepts no responsibility for unauthorizeduse of this data by a third party.
1. Executive SummaryAs part of the development of a new National Cultural Policy, on 11 August 2011 theAustralian Government launched a discussion paper examining how the arts and cultureshould be supported in the 21 st Century considering the major shifts in the wayAustralian’s work, enjoy and participate in the arts and culture. Hundreds of publicsubmissions were made in response to the National Cultural Policy discussion paper.Many of these submissions discussed the role of the Australia Council, which is currentlya significant channel in which the Australian Government delivers support to the arts andcultural sector.On 19 December 2011, the Minister for the Arts, Simon Crean, announced anindependent review of the Australia Council, the first major review of the AustraliaCouncil in twenty years.TNS Social Research (TNS) was commissioned to conduct an online survey to gatherfeedback from the Australian public about their opinions on whether the original purposeof the Australia Council remains relevant today, and what changes, if any, should bemade to the Australia Council in February <strong>2012</strong>. A summary of key findings appearsbelow.1.1 Demographic representativeness of sampleOverall, people who completed the Australia Council Review survey reflected a broadcross section of Australians. However, the achieved sample was not statisticallyrepresentative of the Australian population 1 .When benchmarked against the Australian population, people who completed the surveywere more likely to be:• Aged between 18 and 64 years old;• From New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory or Tasmania• From in a metropolitan location.Hence, males, people aged under 18 years and over 65 years, people from Queensland,South Australia and Western Australia, and people living in regional and rural areas areunder-represented in the survey sample.1 The demographic profile of Australia Council Review survey respondents was benchmarked against Australianpopulation statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 2006 Census Basic Community Profile(Australia)Page 1
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