Australian cultural funding, by artform category

http://www.apo.org.au/research/australian-cultural-funding-artform-category
This analysis of arts funding by artform category shows that the big dollars go to the public sector cultural organisations: parks and wildlife departments, public broadcasters, libraries, museums and art galleries. The entire Australia Council budget is only $175 million out of this total figure of more than $5 billion – more than half of which goes to 29 major performing arts organisations. We can infer that relatively little funding goes to ordinary working artists.

Source: Australian Policy Online

The independence of government arts funding: a review

http://www.apo.org.au/research/independence-government-arts-funding-review
This report reviews the cultural policy literature and data gathered by IFACCA over several years to address two main issues relating to political involvement in arts support: how much influence do governments have over arts funding?; and how much influence should governments have over arts funding? The report provides background to the issue of independence of arts support but does not argue for any particular institutional model.

Source: Australian Policy Online

Reducing the Compliance Burden of Non-profit Organisations: Cutting Red Tape

Myles McGregor-Lowndes and Christine Ryan
Australian governments now rely on the non-profit sector to provide essential services. Yet, anecdotally, the compliance burden imposed by governments consumes scarce service delivery resources. This study quantifies the cost of government generated paperwork for Queensland non-profit organisations.

Source: Australian Journal of Public Administration, v. 68 (1) 2009