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	<title>Crikey &#187; Ben Eltham</title>
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		<title>Arts editor shits on theatre blogging, flame war ensues</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/my-cup-of-tea-shit-on-theatre-and-bloggers-fire-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/my-cup-of-tea-shit-on-theatre-and-bloggers-fire-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alison croggon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art criticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Crittenden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the global mail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<em>The Global Mail</em> opened its coverage of Australian arts on Monday with a curious piece from Stephen Crittenden about theatre blogging. Online writers haven't stopped talking about it since.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arts life after money: has the Australia Council &#8216;lost the plot&#8217;?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/life-after-money-australia-council-has-lost-the-plot-says-creator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/10/life-after-money-australia-council-has-lost-the-plot-says-creator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Island magazine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leigh Warren and Dancers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=273642</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What happens when an arts organisation suddenly loses funding? For two small arts organisations that have recently lost their cash, after the crisis comes resilience.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leave the glamour to Hollywood and celebrate niche</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/leave-the-glamour-to-hollywood-and-celebrate-niche/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/03/leave-the-glamour-to-hollywood-and-celebrate-niche/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paywall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AACTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AACTA Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian film industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geoffrey Rush]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Were this week's AACTA Awards any better than the old AFIs? The spruced-up gongs show the Australian film industry still hasn't come to terms with its niche status.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia doesn&#8217;t need better films, just better distribution</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/australia-doesnt-need-better-films-just-better-distribution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/27/australia-doesnt-need-better-films-just-better-distribution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian film industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katrina Sedgwick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screen australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=271099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian films only took 3.9% of the domestic box office last year. The Adelaide Film Festival's outgoing director Katrina Sedgwick argues the entire business model of cinema is changing fast.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>New cultural roadmap, but will there be a soundtrack?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/new-cultural-roadmap-but-will-there-be-a-soundtrack/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/20/new-cultural-roadmap-but-will-there-be-a-soundtrack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feature film production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The arts year will be dominated by key themes: the announcement of the National Cultural Policy, the deflation of the music festivals bubble, and fraught times at many smaller companies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia Council review secret and hopelessly compromised</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/australia-council-review-secret/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/20/australia-council-review-secret/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Chamber Orchestra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conflict of interest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orchestras]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=266172</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Arts Minister Simon Crean's review of the Australia Council is much needed. But it's been hopelessly compromised already by the choice of the man leading it.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>The painful waiting game for arts bodies on funding</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/my-cup-of-tea-painful-waiting-game-for-arts-bodies-on-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/my-cup-of-tea-painful-waiting-game-for-arts-bodies-on-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you plan for the coming year when you don't know whether your main source of income will arrive? Arts organisations face a difficult time waiting for their grant announcements.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Putting bums on seats: new ways to sell old arts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/putting-bums-on-seats-new-ways-to-sell-old-arts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/putting-bums-on-seats-new-ways-to-sell-old-arts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art galleries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ballet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Belvoir Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national gallery of victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland Performing Arts Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theatre]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=262885</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The ultimate aim of arts companies is to put bums on seats. But the multi-media, multi-faceted strategy is an inexact science. <em>Crikey</em> speaks to arts marketers about the challenges of their jobs.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/02/putting-bums-on-seats-new-ways-to-sell-old-arts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>When too much arts is a bad thing: festivals at war on dates</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/25/when-too-much-arts-is-a-bad-thing-festivals-at-war-on-dates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/25/when-too-much-arts-is-a-bad-thing-festivals-at-war-on-dates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adelaide Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arts Victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne Festival]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Melbourne Festival has put forth a proposal to change its dates to February or March. But no one asked the rest of the arts sector. Could Melbourne and interstate festivals cannibalise audiences?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nowhere to pee, but music fans keep rocking on</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/18/nowhere-to-pee-but-music-fans-keep-rocking-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/18/nowhere-to-pee-but-music-fans-keep-rocking-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food & Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harvest Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[live music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Live Performance Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music festivals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=259952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Music festivals have the problems other arts sectors would die for. The logistics are a nightmare -- like the recent Harvest Festival -- but the fans keep coming.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/18/nowhere-to-pee-but-music-fans-keep-rocking-on/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nothing changes in opera &#8212; and nobody seems to care</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/11/nothing-changes-in-opera-and-nobody-seems-to-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/11/nothing-changes-in-opera-and-nobody-seems-to-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lyndon Terracini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opera Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258628</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The reason opera is a "heritage" artform is that its audiences don't want to see new operas. Time to abandon the fiction that it deserves more public funding than anything else.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/11/nothing-changes-in-opera-and-nobody-seems-to-care/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>25</slash:comments>
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		<title>Money and art: should businesspeople run the creative space?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/04/money-and-art-should-businesspeople-run-the-creative-space/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/04/money-and-art-should-businesspeople-run-the-creative-space/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basic economic theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the arts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=257070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The common message from much of the social sciences is that the arts and culture are more than just industries exchanging goods and services. They are constitutive parts of our everyday life.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/04/money-and-art-should-businesspeople-run-the-creative-space/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The problem of being exceptional</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/21/my-cup-of-tea-the-problem-of-being-exceptional/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/21/my-cup-of-tea-the-problem-of-being-exceptional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art criticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=254140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Excellence. It might be a goal of our national cultural policy, but do we really know it means?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/21/my-cup-of-tea-the-problem-of-being-exceptional/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Controversy aside, snaps to Australian poets</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/14/controversy-aside-snaps-to-australian-poets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/14/controversy-aside-snaps-to-australian-poets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[publishing industry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian poetry is suddenly the subject of considerable debate. While there's controversy over a new poetry anthology by UNSW Press, there's wider optimism over the health of poetry more generally.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/14/controversy-aside-snaps-to-australian-poets/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The arts where swords are mightier than pens</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/the-arts-where-swords-are-mightier-than-pens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/the-arts-where-swords-are-mightier-than-pens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Summit on Arts and Culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=251455</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While policy wonks gathered in Canberra this week for tax and jobs summits, Melbourne played host this week to an international summit for arts and culture. In some parts of the world the arts can be about life and death.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/07/the-arts-where-swords-are-mightier-than-pens/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Where arts and policy meet in the digital sphere</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/30/where-arts-and-policy-meet-in-the-digital-sphere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/30/where-arts-and-policy-meet-in-the-digital-sphere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Lundy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social networking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=250207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Gillard government is embarking on a "digital culture public sphere" consultation as a part of its national cultural policy development. Kate Lundy talks to <em>Crikey</em> about what it is and why we should care.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Transparency please! Why the tax breaks for pokies clubs?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/clubs-australia-campaignand-pokies-revenue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/clubs-australia-campaignand-pokies-revenue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clubs Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[penrith panthers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pokies regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pre-commitment for pokies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert McClelland]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=249475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Has there ever been a more self-serving public campaign than the one being mounted by Clubs Australia? It's time for a closer look at the alleged benefits of clubs to the Australian community.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/clubs-australia-campaignand-pokies-revenue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arts policy converging into a government hash</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/23/arts-policy-converging-into-a-government-hash/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/23/arts-policy-converging-into-a-government-hash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convergence review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=248867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Government arts policy is a hash. The now its Convergence Review -- which is posing serious questions about the future shape of cultural policy -- is making the National Cultural Policy irrelevant.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/23/arts-policy-converging-into-a-government-hash/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The legacy of our departing gallery gurus</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/16/the-legacy-of-our-departing-gallery-gurus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/16/the-legacy-of-our-departing-gallery-gurus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art galleries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art gallery of new south wales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dr gerard vaughan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edmund capon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national gallery of victoria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland Art Gallery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=247374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the retirement of Edmund Capon from the Art Gallery of NSW and Gerard Vaughan from the National Gallery of Victoria within weeks of each other, two of the biggest jobs in the Australian art world are open.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/16/the-legacy-of-our-departing-gallery-gurus/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>If the ABC really cared about the arts &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/09/if-the-abc-really-cared-about-the-arts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/09/if-the-abc-really-cared-about-the-arts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abc charter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts coverage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=246084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What's happening to the arts on the ABC? The trend is to cut programs and outsource production, but the broadcaster's charter -- and its talented staff -- demands a greater commitment.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/09/if-the-abc-really-cared-about-the-arts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>NSW budget: razor gang takes to grassroots arts funding</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/07/nsw-budget-arts-funding-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/07/nsw-budget-arts-funding-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 02:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mike Baird]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The NSW budget papers contain a $2.8 million cut to small arts grants. In the small-scale end of the sector that is proverbially impoverished, these budget cuts will be felt keenly.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/07/nsw-budget-arts-funding-cuts/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>A digital avenue for Australian musos on the Jays</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/launch-of-triple-j-unearthed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/launch-of-triple-j-unearthed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[musicians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Triple J]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=244752</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Triple J's new digital radio station -- specifically devoted to new and emerging Australian contemporary music -- is a step in the right direction for Australian content.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/02/launch-of-triple-j-unearthed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>More channels but less local content on Australian TV</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/25/more-channels-but-less-local-content-on-australian-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/25/more-channels-but-less-local-content-on-australian-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian television]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screen australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tv producers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=243115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian content is being diluted by multi-channelling, according to a new Screen Australia report released yesterday.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/25/more-channels-but-less-local-content-on-australian-tv/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>No playing around, video games are an art form</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/freeplay-video-games-art-form/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/freeplay-video-games-art-form/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Freeplay festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Callaghan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=242106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Freeplay independent games festival is on right now in Melbourne. <b>Ben Eltham</b> talks to festival director Paul Callaghan about the festival's program and some of the trends affecting the sector. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/19/freeplay-video-games-art-form/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>A political arts discussion with broad strokes</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/12/national-cultural-policy-discussion-paper-simon-crean-interview/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/12/national-cultural-policy-discussion-paper-simon-crean-interview/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Cup Of Tea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[efficiency dividend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Arts Minister Simon Crean has released a discussion paper on the government's forthcoming National Cultural Policy. He speaks to <em>Crikey</em> about the competing agendas and the budget belt tightening.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/12/national-cultural-policy-discussion-paper-simon-crean-interview/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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