Bill
Australia Council Amendment (Creative Australia) Bill 2023
passed, as at 2023-04-11. Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-02-15
- second reading — 2023-02-15
- other — 2023-03-07
- second reading — 2023-03-07
- second reading — 2023-03-08
- other — 2023-03-08
- third reading — 2023-03-08
- introduced — 2023-03-09
- second reading — 2023-03-09
- second reading — 2023-03-23
- second reading — 2023-03-23
- third reading — 2023-03-23
- passed — 2023-03-23
- royal assent — 2023-04-11
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-02-15.
This bill updates the Australia Council Act 2013 to put parts of the National Cultural Policy into effect by 1 July 2023.
It would let the Council operate as 'Creative Australia', take over the work of Creative Partnerships Australia Ltd, and run new functions for arts workplaces and music.
The bill also removes Creative Partnerships as a body that can receive tax-deductible donations for the Australian Cultural Fund.
- The Council may use the name 'Creative Australia'.
- The Council takes on the functions of Creative Partnerships Australia Ltd, including its assets, liabilities, staff and records.
- Creative Partnerships Australia Ltd is abolished.
- The bill updates constitutional limits so the Council can fund constitutional corporations.
- The Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 is amended to stop Creative Partnerships being a Deductible Gift Recipient for the Australian Cultural Fund.
The Australia Council, Creative Partnerships Australia Ltd, and arts organisations and practitioners.
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