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May 13, 2009
There was no arts led recovery in the Rudd Government's Budget 2009. The creative economy has little profile in Canberra---the big spend on the credit card is all about infrastructure in the form of roads, rail and ports. An exception is money to increase in the capacity of Adelaide's desalinisation plant, rather than water recycling.
The exception to the absence of the creative economy is extra money for the ABC to build a children's digital channel and the production of local drama production by independent producers. But no digital news or public affairs channel. That is the future.
The regional broadband hubs will host community generated work that is centred around the ABC's regional radio. I'm not sure how this works since those in the community who want to upload material will need to be trained in digital skills and literacy.
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