|
YEAR |
1968-69 |
1973-74 |
1980-81 |
1982-83 |
1988-89 |
1991-92 |
1992-93 |
1993-94 |
1994-95 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
TOTAL |
4.3 |
27.6 |
47.4 |
65.4 |
139.1 |
452.2 |
441.1 |
489.8 |
594.7 |
|
YEAR |
1995-96 |
1996-97 |
1997-98 |
1998-99 |
1999-00 |
2000-01 |
2001-02 |
2002-03 |
2003-04 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
TOTAL |
593.3 |
668.7 |
672.5 |
701.3 |
567.6* |
614.3 |
730.9 |
666.8 |
716.4 |
Source: The figures for 1968-1999 are taken from Throsby (2001); after that, the figures come from the publications produced by the Cultural Ministers Council Cultural Funding in Australia: Three Tiers of Government 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2002-03 and 2003-04. Because of changes in how these figures are compiled they are not always comparable (especially between 1998-99 and 1999-2000). In 1968, 60% of funding came from the states and 40% from the Commonwealth but by 1988-89, the Commonwealth accounted for 51% of funding, the states 36% and local government 12%. From 1990, the Commonwealth share began to decline and a greater share assumed by state and local government.
Categories included in these figures are: Literature and Publishing/Print Media; Art Galleries; Visual Art and Craft (and Photography); Performing Arts; Performing Arts Venues; Film and Video; Multimedia; Community Arts/Community Cultural Activities.
Excluded are: Zoological and Botanic gardens; Libraries and Archives; Museums; Cultural Heritage; Radio and Television Boadcasting; Administration of Culture; Public Halls and Civic Centres; National Parks and Wildlife Service; and Other Culture — not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.).