❓ A parliamentary question regarding industry involvement in the development of an eight-year arts strategy, followed by debate about the absence of a performing arts centre in the document.
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I understand an eight-year strategy for the arts document was released last weekend. Will the minister advise the House of industry involvement in the development of that document? Mr BOARD
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Last weekend I issued an eight-year strategy for the arts in Western Australia called “Building Community Through the Arts”. A significant aspect of the document is that all the arts groups in Western Australia - the Art Gallery of WA, writers, members of museums, those involved in the performing arts and in the screen industry - came together in a strategic way to develop a framework for growth in the arts. The document had comprehensive input from people across Western Australia. It is a blueprint for growth not only in capital works, but also in program development throughout the arts community. The strategy builds on the very strong foundations in our arts community and is about raising the profile of the arts in Western Australia. It may surprise some members to know that the arts adds more than $2b a year to the Western Australian economy and directly employs in the order of 16 000 people. The strategy recognises those facts and will grow with a capital works program for building a framework for training and raising the profile of the arts throughout the Western Australian community. I table the document of which the arts community and the Government are proud. [See paper No 472.] Dr Gallop: Minister, why have you said nothing in the document about a performing arts centre in Perth? Mr BOARD: That document is a very comprehensive document and refers to a range of capital works projects. Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Mr BOARD replied: Last weekend I issued an eight-year strategy for the arts in Western Australia called “Building Community Through the Arts”. A significant aspect of the document is that all the arts groups in Western Australia - the Art Gallery of WA, writers, members of museums, those involved in the performing arts and in the screen industry - came together in a strategic way to develop a framework for growth in the arts. The document had comprehensive input from people across Western Australia. It is a blueprint for growth not only in capital works, but also in program development throughout the arts community. The strategy builds on the very strong foundations in our arts community and is about raising the profile of the arts in Western Australia. It may surprise some members to know that the arts adds more than $2b a year to the Western Australian economy and directly employs in the order of 16 000 people. The strategy recognises those facts and will grow with a capital works program for building a framework for training and raising the profile of the arts throughout the Western Australian community. I table the document of which the arts community and the Government are proud. [See paper No 472.] Dr Gallop: Minister, why have you said nothing in the document about a performing arts centre in Perth? Mr BOARD: That document is a very comprehensive document and refers to a range of capital works projects. Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Last weekend I issued an eight-year strategy for the arts in Western Australia called “Building Community Through the Arts”. A significant aspect of the document is that all the arts groups in Western Australia - the Art Gallery of WA, writers, members of museums, those involved in the performing arts and in the screen industry - came together in a strategic way to develop a framework for growth in the arts. The document had comprehensive input from people across Western Australia. It is a blueprint for growth not only in capital works, but also in program development throughout the arts community. The strategy builds on the very strong foundations in our arts community and is about raising the profile of the arts in Western Australia. It may surprise some members to know that the arts adds more than $2b a year to the Western Australian economy and directly employs in the order of 16 000 people. The strategy recognises those facts and will grow with a capital works program for building a framework for training and raising the profile of the arts throughout the Western Australian community. I table the document of which the arts community and the Government are proud. [See paper No 472.] Dr Gallop: Minister, why have you said nothing in the document about a performing arts centre in Perth? Mr BOARD: That document is a very comprehensive document and refers to a range of capital works projects. Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
[See paper No 472.] Dr Gallop: Minister, why have you said nothing in the document about a performing arts centre in Perth? Mr BOARD: That document is a very comprehensive document and refers to a range of capital works projects. Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Dr Gallop: Minister, why have you said nothing in the document about a performing arts centre in Perth? Mr BOARD: That document is a very comprehensive document and refers to a range of capital works projects. Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Mr BOARD: That document is a very comprehensive document and refers to a range of capital works projects. Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Mr BOARD replied: Last weekend I issued an eight-year strategy for the arts in Western Australia called “Building Community Through the Arts”. A significant aspect of the document is that all the arts groups in Western Australia - the Art Gallery of WA, writers, members of museums, those involved in the performing arts and in the screen industry - came together in a strategic way to develop a framework for growth in the arts. The document had comprehensive input from people across Western Australia. It is a blueprint for growth not only in capital works, but also in program development throughout the arts community. The strategy builds on the very strong foundations in our arts community and is about raising the profile of the arts in Western Australia. It may surprise some members to know that the arts adds more than $2b a year to the Western Australian economy and directly employs in the order of 16 000 people. The strategy recognises those facts and will grow with a capital works program for building a framework for training and raising the profile of the arts throughout the Western Australian community. I table the document of which the arts community and the Government are proud. [See paper No 472.] Dr Gallop: Minister, why have you said nothing in the document about a performing arts centre in Perth? Mr BOARD: That document is a very comprehensive document and refers to a range of capital works projects. Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Last weekend I issued an eight-year strategy for the arts in Western Australia called “Building Community Through the Arts”. A significant aspect of the document is that all the arts groups in Western Australia - the Art Gallery of WA, writers, members of museums, those involved in the performing arts and in the screen industry - came together in a strategic way to develop a framework for growth in the arts. The document had comprehensive input from people across Western Australia. It is a blueprint for growth not only in capital works, but also in program development throughout the arts community. The strategy builds on the very strong foundations in our arts community and is about raising the profile of the arts in Western Australia. It may surprise some members to know that the arts adds more than $2b a year to the Western Australian economy and directly employs in the order of 16 000 people. The strategy recognises those facts and will grow with a capital works program for building a framework for training and raising the profile of the arts throughout the Western Australian community. I table the document of which the arts community and the Government are proud. [See paper No 472.] Dr Gallop: Minister, why have you said nothing in the document about a performing arts centre in Perth? Mr BOARD: That document is a very comprehensive document and refers to a range of capital works projects. Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
[See paper No 472.] Dr Gallop: Minister, why have you said nothing in the document about a performing arts centre in Perth? Mr BOARD: That document is a very comprehensive document and refers to a range of capital works projects. Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Dr Gallop: Minister, why have you said nothing in the document about a performing arts centre in Perth? Mr BOARD: That document is a very comprehensive document and refers to a range of capital works projects. Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Mr BOARD: That document is a very comprehensive document and refers to a range of capital works projects. Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Dr Gallop: I have read it and it says nothing about a performing arts centre. Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
Mr BOARD: The Government has a vision and a policy for the arts. The Opposition has no vision and no policy for the arts. I am very happy to lend the policy to the Leader of the Opposition because it has been developed by the arts community. It is a policy needed by the arts and we will deliver it.
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