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House Standing Committee on Communications, the Arts and Sport

3 August 2026

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Contents updated on 18 Aug 2026

The Chair opens the inquiry, introduces committee members and witnesses, and gathers opening statements outlining diverse organisational models, the role of philanthropy alongside government funding, and structural and geographic inequities affecting arts funding and fundraising capacity.

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Hearing opening and witness perspectives on arts philanthropy

11:09

Chair opens inquiry and outlines proceedings

11:09

Witness introductions — arts organisations represented

12:01

Committee introductions and hearing purpose

14:04

Opening statement — Bus Stop Films (disability and grassroots arts)

16:02

Opening statement — TarraWarra Museum of Art (endowment-led model)

17:43

Opening statement — Live Performance Australia (sector-wide philanthropy needs)

20:32

Opening statement — Western Sydney Arts Alliance (geographic inequity)

24:24

Key levers for giving and donor motivations

26:33

Key levers for giving — matched funding, tax and capability

26:33

Bus Stop Films — limits of giving days and opaque philanthropist access

32:53

Donor motivations and capacity barriers — TarraWarra and Western Sydney

37:45

National cultural policy and cost-of-living impacts on giving

47:05

Small-to-medium funding, regional equity and DGR-based capacity

55:45

Small-to-medium access to grants and regional underfunding

55:45

Visibility of the arts and donor motivation for impact

01:04:21

Donor base dynamics — mum-and-dad giving, administration costs and risk

01:09:21

Tax incentives, DGR and arts–commercial hybridity

01:25:38

Capacity-building and shared fundraising resourcing

01:31:51

Productivity Commission findings on philanthropy and DGR reform

01:38:45

Productivity Commission — overview of philanthropy report and DGR reform

01:38:45

Implications of DGR reform for arts and data transparency

01:49:31

Public benefit test, data use, and neutrality across sectors

01:58:33

Creative Australia and Office for the Arts — roles, data and fundraising programs

02:40:07

Creative Australia and Office for the Arts — roles and policy context

02:40:07

Tracking private investment — Creative Australia research and survey data

02:52:24

Matchmaking, DGR navigation, and adequacy of settings

02:55:43

Operational funding, OzArts Day effectiveness and campaign potential

03:05:00

Economic contribution data and insights on first‑time donors

03:20:44

Impact investment fund pilot, sector capability and hearing close

03:25:41

Impact Investment Fund pilot — design, safeguards and role of philanthropy

03:25:41

Capacity building, shared services and international models; hearing close

03:30:54

House Standing Committee on Communications, the Arts and Sport

3 August 2026

House Standing Committee on Communications, the Arts and Sport Tue, 4 Aug 2026 Australian Parliament

10:48 - 11:09

Speaker 10

It might be you Fiona I can hear getting feedback. Yes. Thank you.

11:09 - 12:17

Speaker 13

Open this public hearing of the Standing Committee on Communications, the Arts and Sport for the inquiry into arts and cultural philanthropy. I acknowledge that we're joining from places that have been the meeting place of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for thousands of years.

I acknowledge the cultures of any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples with us today. A program for today's public hearing is available on the committee's website and it is due to conclude early afternoon around 2:00 Canberra time. For our first roundtable, I now call the representatives of Bus Stop Films, TarraWarra Museum of Art, Live Performance Australia, and Western Sydney Arts Alliance. Now for the Hansard record, I'm going to ask each of our witnesses to state your full names and the capacity in which you appear before the committee. And I'll start in the, or go in the order that I just listed everyone, so I'll start with Bus Stop Films.

12:17 - 12:24

Speaker 5

Good morning, my name is Tracey Corbin-Matchett and I'm the Chief Executive Officer of Bus Stop Films.

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