8Simplified outline of this Part

8 Simplified outline of this Part

This Part establishes Creative Australia by providing for the body corporate previously known as the Australia Council to continue in existence under the name Creative Australia.

Creative Australia’s functions relate, in general, to supporting and promoting Australian arts practice. Those functions include:

(a) promoting participation in, and the appreciation, knowledge and understanding of, the arts; and

(b) encouraging, facilitating and recognising investment in the arts; and

(c) providing information and advice, including to the Commonwealth Government, on matters connected with the arts; and

(d) conducting and commissioning research into, and publishing information about, the arts.

First Nations Arts, which is part of Creative Australia, has specified responsibilities, including supporting and promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts practice.

Music Australia, Writing Australia and Creative Workplaces, which are parts of Creative Australia, have specified responsibilities relating to the arts.

The Minister may give directions to the Board, including about the performance of Creative Australia’s functions.