Artists Resale Royalties: a piece of pie…
The ARR scheme so far has cost taxpayers just over $2.2 million and as of December 2013 has delivered a total of 7,800 royalty payments,...
Artists Resale Royalties: on bullshit, part three
Australia's Artists Resale Royalty (ARR ) scheme has so far cost taxpayers $2.2 million in direct support. And over many years the publicly funded lobbyists...
Labors damaging legacy to the visual arts
The following quote is from an article published in London's Financial Times on October 4. The article is further confirmation that the previous Labor government's...
Shameless self promotion ….. while the pollies have been silenced
I am taking this opportunity to launch me own website : johnrwalker.com.au. Hope you enjoy. I would like to thank Andrew Hunter of KeyChange Solutions...
A review of the government’s new model Indigenous Art Academy
On Friday 9th August Nicolas Rothwell published this article in The Australian on the state of indigenous art in Australia. Nicolas's article details how, over...
The Review of the Resale Royalty Scheme: or a classic case of what Niskanen spoke about. Conclusion
On Thursday 8th august the Australian ran this article by Nicolas Rothwell about the toxic debacle that is the reality of the governments Artists Resale...
The review of the Artist Resale Royalty Scheme : Part IV
Jon Altman is a Professor at the ANU Center for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research. His submission to the review is long and deeply grounded in...