Submitted by Paul Daley on
Our cultural institutions have a stark choice: start doing less or find money elsewhere – anywhere
Our national cultural institutions stand on the sculpted face of the capital, Canberra, with a symbolism that reflects a practical purpose to serve as the memory and conscience of the country.
They have become accustomed to doing more with less as so-called “efficiency dividends” have compounded regular budgetary cuts forcing staff freezes and losses, halts in digitisation and compromises in the storage of collection items.
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It certainly is. In fact I regard it as part of corporate social responsibility ... you need to know that I have actively gone seeking money from these companies and there are a number of them that I’m very concerned won’t support us ...
When Australians are deployed ... whether it’s into war of peacekeeping or humanitarian disaster relief we expect them to be equipped with the very best possible equipment that is available to them and I think it is extraordinarily important ... that these companies have a responsibility itself to completing the loop, to explaining what is being done in the name of our country ... and also the impact it had had upon them.
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