Day 1 - Tuesday 26th, 9:00am - 9:40am AEDT
The Wheeler Centre - Performance Space
Janet Galpin, representing N’arweet Carolyn Briggs and the Boon Wurrung Foundation (10 min)
Lena Nahlous, Executive Director, Diversity Arts Australia (10 min)
Martin Foley MP, Minister for Creative Industries (10 min)
Eleanor Jackson (MC), poet and Chair, Peril (10 min)
Media Contributions
Key Points
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discJanet Galpin - Learning, Respecting, Valuing and Honouring
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discJanet Galpin - obey the laws of Bunjil, don't harm the children
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discJanet Galpin - to come with purpose
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discLena Nahlous: Expressions of Interest for the Fair Play program are open now.
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discLena Nahlous - captioning, streaming and video documentation across the two days
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discMartin Foley: Four years ago when we developed the Creative State strategy the message was clear, 'Access to cultural experience and to participation and employment is uneven and inequitable'.
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discMartin Foley - Symposium is part of broader Fair Play project - building champions of equity and inclusion
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discMartin Foley: The Fair Play program will include mentoring with expert leaders who are First Peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse and/or people with disability.
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discMartin Foley: We need to ensure that diverse voices are given equal access to the page and the stage.
We would like to acknowledge that we are meeting today on the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation, to pay our respects to their Elders, past, present, and emerging, and to honour their long lineage of creative practice.