In these interviews, the questions ARTS alive asked include:
What the arts policy of each party is
Whether the candidates agree on John Howard's sentiment that 'there is no longer that perpetual seminar about Australia's cultural identity'
Is national identity a destination or a work-in-progress?
Arts and Commerce: Whether they think the deployment of Australia's cultural identity as a marketing tool for a nation in recent years is legitimate
Independence of arts and cultural organisations: To what extent should the federally-funded organisations be part of the executive arms of government and, to that extent, the projection of the government's philosophy; or should some of them be answerable to the Parliament rather than the executive of government?
Free Trade Agreement and copyright: is the FTA a benefit for Australian copyright holders?
Party's attitude to AFC NFSA merger
Balance between supplies and demands in arts funding: is it right? Or should more funding be put into developing the demand of audiences for our cultural commodities? Who should be in the cultural driving seat: the producers or the audiences?
If there's one element of each party response to arts policy that the candidates would want to draw forward and present as crucial, what would that be?
The candidates' favourite cultural commodities as members of an audience
Download the complete list of draft questions (in Rich Text Format)
David Risstrom, No. 1 senate candidate for the Australian Greens
Date of tranmission: 13 Spetember 2004
Listen to the interview (Windows Media, 20 minutes 30 seconds)
Related wwwebsites and emails:
David Rissstrom's homepage: www.davidrisstrom.org.
The Australian Greens Online: www.greens.org.au.
Senator Kate Lundy, the ALP Shadow Minister for the Arts
Date of tranmission: 20 Spetember 2004
Listen to the interview (Windows Media, 21 minutes 13 seconds)
Related wwwebsites and emails:
Senator Kate Lundy's Home Page: www.katelundy.com.au.
The Australian Labor Party website: www.alp.org.au.
Senator Aden Ridgeway, the Australian Democrats Senator for NSW
Date of tranmission: 27 Spetember 2004
Listen to the interview (Windows Media, 21 minutes 5 seconds)
Related wwwebsites and emails:
Senator Aden Ridgeway's homepage: www.adenridgeway.com.
The Australian Democrats website: www.democrats.org.au.
Senator the Hon Rod Kemp, Minister for the arts
No Minister! But the show must go on.
Editorial | Last correspondence
Related wwwebsites and emails:
Senator the Hon Rod Kemp homepage: www.dcita.gov.au/kemp/.
The Liberal Party of Australia website: www.liberal.org.au.
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