'Arts are meant to be at the heart of our life': what the new national cultural policy could mean for Australia – if it all comes together

By Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne

It’s finally been launched. A new cultural policy for Australia. After years (actually decades) of neglect, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today launched a new national cultural policy, Revive. In his speech he said:

Arts are meant to be at the heart of our life

It’s important that our prime minister says this and owns the centrality of culture in our lives. The last prime minister who acknowledged the importance…

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