Australian screen content is around 3% on streaming platforms. We want that rate at 25%, with streamers and broadcasters paying a levy if they fail to meet that quota. The levy will fund arts and cultural projects.

Today, 70% of young people access music directly through Spotify. Using Canada’s ‘MAPL test’ algorithm model, we want a ‘Koala Stamp’ that brings Australian music to the fore for Australian subscribers.

Following America’s MacArthur Fellowships, we want to identify great talent across the major arts disciplines and provide Fellowships to help emerging/mid-career artists to hone their craft with $100,000 per year income support over three years.

We want Production offsets used in the screen sector offered in other arts disciplines to create original Australian work. We also want an insurance fund that will make live music and performance affordable for gigs and festivals.

Tech giants have stolen the IP of creatives around the world to train AI to make them second-rate art. An AI ACT that protects sovereignty and requires a Made by Humans stamp will redress the imbalance.

We want to see an investment in the nations galleries, theatres, cultural centres, and libraries to make them important cultural and community hubs, particularly in rural and regional Australia.

Many Australian writers do well in non-English speaking markets. An increase in the translation fund would help broaden that reach and open opportunities for more diverse voices to emerge.

Like the French, we want to see young Australians given vouchers each year toward purchasing books, music, and art made by Australian creatives.

Decisions on grant funding of artists needs to be decided on by expert panels and judges who are independent, not by politicians or political expediency.

Australia needs strong cultural institutions. An independent and properly-funded ABC is essential national infrastructure, from emergency broadcasting to kids television, We need a strong ABC that can report, inform, and entertain all Australians.