Arts and cultural policy under the Howard Coalition government can thus be characterised as a shift from ‘incremental creep’ to multi-pronged interventionist program involving four initiatives. The first was the ‘review cycle’ of sub-sectors in trouble; the second was the ‘cosy arts-business love match’ between businesses sponsoring or partnering with cultural organisations; the third was the return to ‘neo-patronage’ in the form of special assistance to selected major national cultural organisations under the Major Performing Arts program; and the fourth was the advocacy of ‘eco-culture’ or instrumental policy attachments between culture and adjacent sectors. This platform of policies has the potential to radically re-cast the arts and cultural sector and the terms of government engagement with the sector. Yet, so far, this new vision has not been spelled out and ad hoc ‘back of the envelope’ policy-making remains. So, despite all the changes in policy models, strategic planning, accountability and rhetoric, the arts and cultural sector still has no clear policy road to follow.