Grants and funding
- Art Indemnity Australia
A scheme by which the Australian Government acts as insurer for significant cultural exhibitions.
- Community Heritage Grants
Support for community organisations to preserve their cultural material, including archives and oral history recordings.
- Contemporary Music Touring Program
Funding for professional, contemporary Australian musicians to tour and perform original music within Australia.
- Contemporary Touring Initiative
Support for the development and touring of major exhibitions of contemporary visual arts and craft across Australia.
- Festivals Australia
Funding for regional and community festivals to present a new or special cultural activity.
- Indigenous Broadcasting Program
Funding for individual broadcasters and broadcasting activities to support Indigenous community radio.
- Indigenous Culture Support
Assistance for activities that promote Indigenous cultures as integral elements of Australian society and identity.
- Lending Rights
The Public Lending Right and Educational Lending Right schemes provide payments for Australian creators and publishers whose books are held in public and educational libraries.
- Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records
Support for the revival and maintenance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.
- Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme
Support for maritime heritage collection and conservation.
- National Arts and Craft Industry Support Program
Support for the Indigenous visual arts industry and Indigenous art centres.
- Playing Australia
Support for performing arts bodies to tour in remote and regional areas of Australia.
- Regional Arts Fund
A partnership with the peak regional arts organisations in each state and arts ministries in the territories to assist artists and arts organisations in regional and remote areas.
- Return of Indigenous Cultural Property Program
A collaborative effort between governments and museums to resolve issues arising from collections of Indigenous ancestral remains and secret sacred objects.
- Visions of Australia
Funding to assist cultural and community organisations to develop and tour cultural exhibitions across Australia.
- Visual arts and craft strategy
Information on the response by governments to the 2002 report of the independent Contemporary Visual Arts and Craft (Myer) Inquiry.
