Minister's Speech - A NATIONAL CULTURAL POLICY TO 2020

On Tuesday 27 October 2009, the Hon. Peter Garrett AM MP, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, spoke at the National Press Club in Canberra about the arts, to record the substantial and enduring contribution they have made to the life of our nation. Mr. Garrett also spoke about what he sees as "important challenges ahead", including his "ambition for the development of a national cultural policy".

See the speech and forum sites here, or download it (see attachments on this page).

Image credit:
Naata NUNGURRAYI Australia, c.1932 Pintupi people, NorthernTerritory/Western Australia Untitled 2007, Kintore, Northern Territory. Gift of Lesley Lynn in Memory of her sister Margaret through the Art Gallery of South Australia Foundation 2009