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Is open best? Or closed? It depends how you look at it. Jer Kunz

Explainer: what is the open movement?

By Rob Chalmers

You’ll have read on this site, and perhaps others, about the push towards “open access” for journal articles. But what is open access, and how does it fit into the wider “open movement”? The topic has…
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The true value of art cannot be measured by economic standards. Flickr/TruShu

Game of funds: return of the culture wars?

By Gretchen Coombs, Queensland University of Technology and Justin O'Connor, Queensland University of Technology

In 2012, public debate over the value of art and culture has reignited as conservative state governments in Victoria and Queensland cut arts funding from their budgets. Queensland Premier Campbell Newman…
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Art nation: Australia is developing a new national cultural policy to position us for the next decade. AAP

Where the jobs are: why a national cultural policy matters

By Stuart Cunningham, Queensland University of Technology

Australia is on a promise to develop a National Cultural Policy, the first since Creative Nation in 1994. Minister for the Arts Simon Crean has released a discussion paper designed to examine how Australia…

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