Media release – Vica Bayley MP, Greens Arts spokesperson, 12 March 2024
Greens Release Plan to Support the Arts
The Tasmanian Greens will fight to ensure artists get fair pay, substantially increase funding to Tasmania’s artistic sector and ensure that political interference in art funding and administration is a thing of the past.
Tasmanians work in creative and cultural fields at one of the highest rates in Australia. The arts enrich society by providing meaning and joy, and make an enormous contribution to the Tasmanian brand and economy. We need to do more to support Tasmanian artists.
We’re regularly informed of the Minister’s office meddling in the roll out and announcement of arts initiatives and events, to maximise personal and political exposure. The art itself is the exhibit, and our cultural institutions and artists need the freedom to showcase their work free from political interfecence.
And they need more funding to deliver the art all Tasmanians enjoy.
The Greens will work to double arts grants to individuals and increase grants to organisations by 50%, ensure building maintenance costs are including in core funding for arts organisations, make grants for multi-year periods to provide certainty and proper planning, and create energy efficiency upgrades via grants to arts organisations.
A $12m investment in creative spaces across regional Tasmania will make art more collaborative and accessible to all. Artists that do get work, shouldn’t be expected to do it for free, as exposure isn’t enough. We’ll advocate for fair pay for artists, in line with national campaigns and frameworks such as that proposed by the National Association for the Visual Arts.
The Greens value our creative sector and want to do more to stimulate it. Increasing funding, freedom and the value we place on the arts as a whole will help increase creativity, output and appreciation.
Read our policy here.
Media release – Madeleine Ogilvie, Minister for Corrections and Rehabilitation, Minister for Workplace Safety and Consumer Affairs, Minister for Science and Technology, Minister for Advanced Manufacturing and Defence Industries, Minister for the Arts, Member for Clark, 12 March 2024
A Strong Plan To Support Our Arts Sector
A re-elected majority Liberal Government will continue to support Tasmania’s vibrant cultural and creative industries as part of its 2030 Strong Plan for Tasmania’s future.
Minister for the Arts, Madeleine Ogilvie, said the arts sector is a key part of strengthening community wellbeing and productivity.
“A re-elected majority Liberal Government will introduce a Pilot Incentive Scheme to bring more screen productions to Tasmania, investing an additional $1 million over two years to provide incentives for more high-budget screen productions in our State, especially in remote and regional areas.
“We will also commit to continuing to grow the capacity, talent, and creative skills of the Tasmanian screen industry with the support of Screen Tasmania.
“We will partner with Screen Tasmania to ensure our unique Tasmanian stories, landscapes, people and wildlife continue to intrigue, engage and entertain audiences around the world.
“Screen production in Tasmania is now booming as a result of the Liberals’ investment and foresight, providing continued employment and development opportunities for our local industry.
“In recent years, we have seen Tasmania play host to one of the most watched TV series in SBS history, Alone Australia, host the reality series The Bridge, Deadloch, Bay of Fires and many other major television shows filming in our State. Each brings substantial economic and social benefits to our State and its regions.
A re-elected majority Liberal Government will also:
• Deliver a new $500,000 digital games rebate program.
• Stimulate young Tasmanians with a $1 million youth arts grant funding program.
• Provide a one-off $1.5 million increase in arts organisation funding.
“These initiatives build on the strong support we continue to provide to the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Theatre Royal, Ten Days on the Island, and a multitude of arts and arts organisation funding grants which now total $8.3 million over the next four years,” Minister Ogilvie said.
“Only the Liberals have a 2030 Strong Plan to further invest in the arts sector to encourage innovation, enrich experiences, provide the building blocks of community and drive well-being and productivity.”
