Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

I refer to the Australian Business Arts Foundation and the announcement in August 2006 by the government of an additional $1.1 million for the Australian Business Arts Foundation to ‘boost private sector support for the arts and add resources to the visual arts sector’. I refer also to the number of questions placed at estimates concerning additional information about the Australian Business Arts Foundation. In this instance, the funding for the program was 2006-07 and, clearly, it will come to an end this month. My question for the minister is: will ABAF continue to deliver the package to boost private sector support for the arts and add resources to the visual arts sector? If not, will the government ensure an open and transparent tender process?

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