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		<title>Funny business: what makes the Comedy Festival so popular?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/03/funny-business-what-makes-the-comedy-festival-so-popular/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 01:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Hughes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne International Comedy Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[micf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wil Anderson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is, by some measures, the largest cultural festival in the country. When did comedy became such big business?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is money for Australian art in Venice a little rich?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/19/is-money-for-australian-art-in-venice-a-little-rich/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/19/is-money-for-australian-art-in-venice-a-little-rich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venice Biennale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia is getting a new pavilion at the Venice Biennale, largely funded by private donors. But very few of us will ever see it. The rich are spending more on art, but do we really benefit?]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Crean, arts shake-up begins &#8212; with winners and losers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/12/post-crean-multi-mode-australia-council-shake-up-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/12/post-crean-multi-mode-australia-council-shake-up-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CULTURE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Brandis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Burke]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Crean is gone, but the Gillard government is pressing on with its Australia Council reforms. It might face opposition to the decision to scrap artform-specific representation.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do government film subsidies add up? Yes, and no</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/05/do-government-film-subsidies-really-add-up-yes-and-no/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/05/do-government-film-subsidies-really-add-up-yes-and-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ed Husic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feature film production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television production]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government is giving a big Hollywood studio $21 million to film a remake of <em>20,000 Leagues Under the Sea</em> in Australia. Is it money well spent? It does return, but not where it's needed.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Massive step for dance, speaking to new audiences</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/02/massive-step-for-dance-speaking-to-new-audiences/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/04/02/massive-step-for-dance-speaking-to-new-audiences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dance Massive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performing arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Contemporary dance enjoys renewed attention -- and attracts large audiences -- as part of the Dance Massive festival in Melbourne. It's driving innovative new projects in Australia.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>My Cup of Tea: Crean&#8217;s cultural policy in jeopardy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/22/my-cup-of-tea-cultural-policy-in-jeopardy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/22/my-cup-of-tea-cultural-policy-in-jeopardy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MEDIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ALP leadership spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Labor leadership spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Simon Crean's suicide mission has left Australia without an arts minister. Is the recently developed cultural policy dead in the water?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arts funding winners grin, but some criticism for Crean report</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/15/arts-funding-winners-grin-but-some-criticism-for-crean-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/15/arts-funding-winners-grin-but-some-criticism-for-crean-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[performing arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the arts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=355643</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the dust begins to settle on Simon Crean's Creative Australia policy, most arts and cultural leaders have been overwhelmingly supportive of the new plan. But there are a few dissenting voices.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>National Cultural Policy out at last &#8212; and it&#8217;s a big win for arts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/13/national-cultural-policy-out-at-last-and-its-a-big-win-for-arts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/13/national-cultural-policy-out-at-last-and-its-a-big-win-for-arts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the arts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government's National Cultural Policy, released today, is a big win for the arts generally -- it's got new money and plenty of policy reform. But there are losers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Labor are &#8216;philistines&#8217; on arts: Brandis ignites policy debate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/04/labor-are-philistines-on-arts-brandis-ignites-policy-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/04/labor-are-philistines-on-arts-brandis-ignites-policy-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Brandis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Get set: we might finally be about to have a genuine debate on arts policy. Ahead of the long-awaited release of Labor's National Cultural Policy, shadow minister George Brandis fires up to <em>Crikey</em>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Digital killed the community radio stars? Conroy&#8217;s fight with DJs</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/01/digital-killed-the-community-radio-stars-conroys-fight-with-djs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/01/digital-killed-the-community-radio-stars-conroys-fight-with-djs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=352353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Community radio broadcasters around Australia say government funding to make the digital transition will come up short. Musicians are worried about the consequences.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/01/digital-killed-the-community-radio-stars-conroys-fight-with-djs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Filmmakers&#8217; Tropo choice: insecurity or obscurity</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/22/filmmakers-tropo-choice-poverty-or-obsecurity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/22/filmmakers-tropo-choice-poverty-or-obsecurity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Polson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short film festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[short films]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tropfest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=350673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Artists' desperate fight for recognition results in blood, sweat and tears going unrewarded -- and unpaid. Just ask filmmakers who enter the Tropfest short film competition every year.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>And the centre of arts innovation is &#8230; Perth</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/15/perths-boom-drives-a-healthy-arts-scene/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/15/perths-boom-drives-a-healthy-arts-scene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Perth Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wa government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=349105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Western Australia’s cultural scene is flourishing. As Perth booms with mining wealth, its international festivals are expanding and the local scene is a melting pot of renewed creativity.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/15/perths-boom-drives-a-healthy-arts-scene/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Creative partnerships: a new approach to giving in the arts</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/08/creative-partnerships-a-new-approach-to-giving-in-the-arts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/08/creative-partnerships-a-new-approach-to-giving-in-the-arts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creative Partnerships Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[philanthropy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Philanthropy in the arts is due for a shake-up. <em>Crikey</em> talks to the CEO of the federal government's new arts philanthropy organisation, Creative Partnerships Australia.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Not just a whole lot of nice gigs&#8217;: life in arts bureaucracy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/01/not-just-a-whole-lot-of-nice-gigs-life-in-arts-bureaucracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/01/not-just-a-whole-lot-of-nice-gigs-life-in-arts-bureaucracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arts Queensland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public service]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=345877</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What does an arts funding agency look like from the inside? <em>Crikey</em> chats with former deputy director-general of Arts Queensland Leigh Tabrett to find out.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Creative jobs: maybe that arts degree isn&#8217;t so useless after all</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/25/creative-jobs-maybe-that-arts-degree-isnt-so-useless-after-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/25/creative-jobs-maybe-that-arts-degree-isnt-so-useless-after-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CULTURE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[book publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the arts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=344651</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Worried about a career in the arts? It's not as bad as you may think. Journalists and printers may be on the scrap heap, but there are more artists employed than ever according to new data.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lights, camera, crowdfunding: how films are made Pozible</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/18/lights-camera-crowdfunding-how-projects-are-made-pozible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/18/lights-camera-crowdfunding-how-projects-are-made-pozible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian film industry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[film finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pozible]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Start-up filmmakers are increasingly turning to crowdfunding websites to finance projects. The Pozible platform has even partnered government agencies to boost cash in the sector.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Big Day gets out, and smaller is probably better</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/11/big-day-gets-out-leaving-questions-on-economics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/01/11/big-day-gets-out-leaving-questions-on-economics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[music festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queensland government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the Big Day Out on the hunt for a new site, the economic impact of big festivals has never been more important. But are tourist dollars really the best way to measure the impact of cultural events?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Screen Oz calls cut on funds &#8212; drama ends six months early</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/21/screen-oz-calls-cut-on-film-financing-drama-ends-six-months-early/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/21/screen-oz-calls-cut-on-film-financing-drama-ends-six-months-early/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian film industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[screen australia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australian film and television funding body Screen Australia has spent all its drama budget -- six months ahead of the end of the financial year. How could it let the kitty get so low?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Theatre reviewer&#8217;s curtain call shows bare stage of criticism</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/14/theatre-reviewers-curtain-call-shows-bare-stage-of-criticism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/14/theatre-reviewers-curtain-call-shows-bare-stage-of-criticism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Print]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alison croggon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art criticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[theatre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Australia's best blog devoted to theatre criticism has frozen in time. There are fewer opportunities for thoughtful arts criticism, robbing culture of important conversations.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/14/theatre-reviewers-curtain-call-shows-bare-stage-of-criticism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Media, cultural policy: pieces of the puzzle not in place</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/07/media-cultural-policy-pieces-not-showing-full-picture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/07/media-cultural-policy-pieces-not-showing-full-picture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MEDIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[convergence review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Finklestein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Flew]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=336425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia is entering a "convergent media policy moment", according to academic Terry Flew. How will the various pieces of the cultural puzzle fit together on this difficult issue?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Govt kills the (community) radio stars, stations fear</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/30/govt-kills-the-community-radio-stars-stations-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/30/govt-kills-the-community-radio-stars-stations-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Music Radio Airplay Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music royalties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recording industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=335023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Community radio -- which plays more Australian music than commercial rivals -- relies on a government-funded project to put tracks to air. But will that money be there in 2013?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/30/govt-kills-the-community-radio-stars-stations-fear/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>After social media storm, NSW arts funding magically appears</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/27/after-social-media-storm-nsw-arts-funding-magically-appears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/27/after-social-media-storm-nsw-arts-funding-magically-appears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 02:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HotHouse Theatre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSW government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=334058</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The power of social media has helped roll back funding cuts to two prominent regional arts organisations in NSW, HotHouse Theatre in Albury-Wodonga and the renowned Renew Newcastle project.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/27/after-social-media-storm-nsw-arts-funding-magically-appears/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>An artistic map with routes to another country</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/23/an-artistic-map-with-routes-to-another-country/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/23/an-artistic-map-with-routes-to-another-country/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aboriginal art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art galleries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fremantle Arts Centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous people]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=333099</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fremantle Arts Centre's current exhibition <em>We Don't Need A Map</em> is an artistic journey into a unique part of Australia, giving local desert people the chance to tell their stories.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/23/an-artistic-map-with-routes-to-another-country/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Subsidies boost TV production, gamers promised more</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/16/subsidies-boost-tv-production-gamers-promised-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/16/subsidies-boost-tv-production-gamers-promised-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film & TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV & Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feature film production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[television production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=331432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Simon Crean was talking up the government's response to the Convergence Review at this year's Screen Producer's Conference. TV producers -- and game developers -- are confident of a boost.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/16/subsidies-boost-tv-production-gamers-promised-more/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Arts is local, storytelling digital, in co-creative communities</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/09/arts-is-local-storytelling-digital-in-co-creative-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/09/arts-is-local-storytelling-digital-in-co-creative-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Eltham</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arts funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community organisations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Cultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simon crean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the arts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=329635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Community arts and cultural development is in transition. There might be a lack of policy direction, but grassroots organisations are getting on with the business of creating.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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