What Labor promised the screen sector

Ahead of last weekend's general election, incoming Minister for the Arts Tony Burke shared his ideas on arts and culture.
A man (Tony Burke) at a podium.

The nine-year political attack on the arts and entertainment sector can end. It can end this weekend.

Australia’s artists have continued to produce great work under the Coalition’s reign of neglect and sabotage.

I don’t want to dwell too much on the pain they’ve inflicted. You’ve lived it. You know what it’s been like.

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The Hon Tony Burke MP is the Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, Shadow Minister for the Arts and Manager of Opposition Business in the 46th Australian Parliament.