Arts, sport & collectionsStatutory authorityExists today
Creative Australia
24 August 2023 – present
Previously Australia Council (1973–2023).
The Commonwealth's principal arts investment and advisory body, funding artists and arts organisations and housing specialist bodies such as Music Australia and Writers Australia.
Names over time
- Australian Council for the Arts1968–1973
- Australia Council1973–2023
- Creative Australia2023–present
How it came into existence
The Australia Council was continued in existence and renamed Creative Australia when the Creative Australia Act 2023 (assented 23 June 2023) commenced on 24 August 2023, implementing the Revive national cultural policy; the Council had absorbed Creative Partnerships Australia on 1 July 2023.
Legislation: Creative Australia Act 2023
Main functions
- grants and investment in artists and arts organisations
- funding of national performing arts partner companies
- contemporary music support through Music Australia
- literature support through Writers Australia
- arts philanthropy and the Australian Cultural Fund
- advice to government and arts research
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts.
- Type of body
- Corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
- Accountable authority
- The Australia Council Board – Creative Australia Act 2023 sections 9 and 19 with reference to notes in section 10 and 27 (membership section 21)
- ABN
- 38 392 626 187
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 30 September 2023 to the latest release (30 June 2026))
- Creative Australia Act 2023 (Federal Register of Legislation)
- Creative Australia Act 2023 (as made)