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	The Cultural Policy Room

Government Departments - Federal | State | Local (with cultural policy responsibilities)

Arts Councils

Centres and Institutes

Industry Bodies

Training for Cultural Industries

Overseas

Federal Government

Department of Communications and the Arts http://www.dca.gov.au

Visions of Australia http://www.dca.gov.au/visions.html
Festivals Australia http://www.dca.gov.au/festival.html
On-line services information and resources http://www.dca.gov.au/on_line.html
PlayingAustralia - The National Performing Arts Touring Program http://www.dca.gov.au/playing.html

Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) http://www.dca.gov.au/aba/hpcov.htm

AUSTEL (Australian Telecommunications Authority) http://www.austel.gov.au/

Cultural and communications sites http://www.dca.gov.au/art_cult.html

Australia World Direct (Austrade) http://www.austrade.gov.au

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade http://www.dfat.gov.au

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) http://www.atsic.gov.au

General Government references -

Australian House of Representatives Hansard http://demos.anu.edu.au:7007/cgi-bin/pastimepub/yearly.pl?year=1997&dataset=reps_hansard&pin=guest
Commonwealth Government Agencies http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/fedag.html

State Government

Arts SA (South Australia) http://slsa.sa.gov.au/sagov/agencies/dacd.htm

Arts Victoria http://www.vicnet.net.au/~artsvic/home.htm

Municipal Association of Victoria http://www.vicnet.net.au/~mav/mav.htm

Local Government

Australian Local Government Association (ALGA) http://www.alga.com.au

Local Government and Shires Associations of New South Wales http://www.lgsa.org.au

South Australian Local Government Information Service http://www.lga.sa.gov.au/

Local Government Association of Tasmania http://ingomar.lgat.tas.gov.au/

Arts Councils

Australia Council http://www.ozco.gov.au/

Arts Council of New South Wales http://www.peg.apc.org/~nswartscoun/

Queensland Arts Council http://www.peg.apc.org/~qldartscoun/qac.htm

South Australian Country Arts Trust http://www.peg.apc.org/~sacat/

Victorian Arts Council http://www.peg.apc.org/~vac/

Centres and Institutes

Australia Foundation for Culture and Humanities http://www.afch.org.au

Centre for Contemporary Craft http://www.magna.com.au/~cfcc/cfcchome.html

Australasian Performing Arts Centres Association http://www.peg.apc.org/~apaca/

Craft Australiahttp://www.craftaus.com.au

Artspace http://www.culture.com.au/scan/artspace

Australian Centre for Photography http://www.culture.com.au/scan/acp

The Performance Space http://www.culture.com.au/scan/tps/

Perth Institute of Contemporary Art http://www.imago.com.au/pica

Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts, Australia (DADAA) Network http://vicnet.net.au/~artsacc/dadaa/dadaa-1.htm

Arts Out West (regional NSW) http://www.csu.edu.au/communit/artswest/artshp.htm

Industry Bodies

Australian Film Commission http://www.afc.gov.au

Public Lending Right Scheme http://www.dca.gov.au/plr.html

Australian Publishers Association http://www.publishers.asn.au

Australian Society of Authors http://www.peg.apc.org/~asauthors

Australasian Performing Right Association http://www.apra.com.au/

Queensland Writers' Centre http://www.qwc.asn.au

Arts Law Centre of Australia http://www.artslaw.asn.au/~artslaw/

Training for Cultural Industries

Training & Employment for Arts, Media & Entertainment (TEAM) http://www.teame.com.au/

Australian Film Television and Radio School http://www.aftrs.edu.au

Overseas

The Arts Council of England http://www.artscouncil.org.uk

The British Council http://www.britcoun.org/

The Canada Council for the Arts http://www.canadacouncil.ca/

National Endowment for the Arts http://arts.endow.gov

Creative New Zealand (Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa) http://www.dia.govt.nz/mca/creative.html

Ministry of Cultural Affairs (New Zealand) http://www.dia.govt.nz/mca/creative.html

Federal Communications Commission (USA) http://www.fcc.gov/

Arts Wire Online Communications for the Arts http://www.artswire.org/

Canadian Council for the Arts 'Design for the Future' http://www.culturenet.ca/cc/design-index.html