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The Arts Party is a political movement, inspired by Arts thinking and action, to encourage a more creative, communal and educated life for us all. We believe Australia's greatest resource is Australians themselves. Investing in minds, not mines, in collaborative politics and evidence-based solutions. Now there's a plan for the future!
![Are you seeing this Scott Morrison (ScoMo)?! ‘“We know the hardships, we know the desperation,” said culture minister Monika Grütters in a statement. “The cultural sector in particular is characterized by a high proportion of self-employed people who now have problems with their livelihoods.” She said that the federal government is “wholly aware” of the importance of the creative industries, adding that “[h]elp is coming as quickly and with as little bureaucracy as possible!” The three-part package includes up to €50 billion ($54 billion) in aid for individuals who are self-employed as well as for small businesses. It will come in the form grants designed to help with overhead costs like venue rentals and artist studios. Loans will also be available within the package to help businesses bridge financial bottlenecks. In addition to arts-related individuals and organizations, the funding will support media enterprises, including newspapers.
In addition to the stimulus money, social security (including unemployment insurance) will be made available to freelancers for a period of six months. With this, expenses for housing will be recognized to ensure that “everyone can stay in their own home.” To this end, the government is injecting another €10 billion ($11 billion) of support. The legislation also allows tenants to be protected from eviction should they be unable to pay rent. Loans may also be deferred, and individuals are permitted to ask the tax bureau for a reduction in their payments or an advance on their tax refunds.
Applications for loans for small businesses are already open for submissions. Today, England’s art council announced a significantly smaller package of $190 million in support. In New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is calling on the government to give US museums a $4 billion bailout.
The emergency legislation will have important implications for publicly funded institutions and museums. The government says that reclamations of funding are to be avoided in the event that projects cannot be implemented. Instead, the government will try to tailor existing budgets and adapt funded programs to suit the current needs. “Our democratic soc](https://artsparty.org.au/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)
Why the Arts and what have we already achieved? Read more here.
We've collected over 2 million votes between 1-6 in federal elections and by-elections since we started in 2012, yet we're still without any representatives elected. In 2019, we’ve pivoted our approach.
We are not standing any further candidates in federal elections until we have created the grassroots state party structure we need first. We’re now placing state parties at the centre of our plans to change the future of Australia.
State parties, as independent entities, with their own registered roles and committees, will decide how to order their own finances once registered. As a result we have cancelled all paid federal subscription memberships. The future of the Arts Party movement is as a federation of state parties.
All memberships collected on this site will be used to register state-based parties as and when enough members are received. At that point members in that state will be contacted and given the opportunity to step into state leadership roles and forming the new party. Currently we have one state party (NSW), registered for local elections in 2021.
Below are of current membership levels broken down by state, with minimum registration targets:
We've collected over 2 million votes between 1-6 in federal elections and by-elections since we started in 2012, yet we're still without any representatives elected. In 2019, we’ve pivoted our approach.
We are not standing any further candidates in federal elections until we have created the grassroots state party structure we need first. We’re now placing state parties at the centre of our plans to change the future of Australia.
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State parties, as independent entities, with their own registered roles and committees, will decide how to order their own finances once registered. As a result we have cancelled all paid federal subscription memberships. The future of the Arts Party movement is as a federation of state parties.
All memberships collected on this site will be used to register state-based parties as and when enough members are received. At that point members in that state will be contacted and given the opportunity to step into state leadership roles and forming the new party. Currently we have one state party (NSW), registered for local elections in 2021.
Below are of current membership levels broken down by state, with minimum registration targets:
| State | Current Members | Minimum Registration Target |
| ACT | 62 | 100 |
| NSW | 807 | 750 |
| NT | 13 | 100 |
| QLD | 779 | 500 |
| SA | 111 | 100 |
| TAS | 129 | 100 |
| VIC | 345 | 500 |
| WA | 70 | 100 |
N.B. Realistically we will need at least 100 members over the minimum in order to register - all members submitted must be on the electoral roll at the address they supply in that state to be accepted.
So please join us on the journey to improve all our futures!
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