Culture isn't just the arts

Example 2:

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supports the development of a National Cultural Policy and is in broad agreement with the policy goals and components outlined in the Discussion Paper.However, these seem to omit, or acknowledge by minimal implication, a major area of cultural life in this nation that is specifically designed to foster "an inclusive society" among other aims. This is the area long known in the field as Community Cultural Development and its target participants include those who are otherwise culturally disenfranchised – the disadvantaged, the disabled, the alienated young, the isolated, and other vulnerable populations. Community Cultural Development is often the only pathway into participation in cultural life for these people.

Example 3:

The Council of Australian Museum Directors goes no further than to:

...urge that the National Cultural Policy embrace a broader concept of culture which acknowledges the importance to cultural and creative life of 'cultural memory'but only in relation to'the heritage collections, institutions and organisations which sustain, interpret and develop it.

Example 4:

Mr Rupert Myer AM notes:

Whilst there are very broad definitions available for the term culture, the Discussion Paper clearly positions the proposed cultural policy as being about the arts and creativity in Australia' and goes on to make a very cogent case for the latter.

Example 5:

Kultour, whose 'ambition is to create an Australian arts and cultural landscape that welcomes and includes the participation of its people from all cultures,' introduces the concept of multi-culturalism to the debate. It points out that 'The People of Australia" policy states:

The Australian Government is unwavering in its commitment to a multicultural Australia. Australia's multicultural composition is at the heart of our national identity and is intrinsic to our history and character.' But that'it is manifested more prominently in other industries such as health and sport… [than] in the arts and creative industries… which means that the potential for great and diverse Australian arts to be produced and enjoyed remains unrealised.