APY Art Centre Collective

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:42): My question is to the Minister for Arts. Has any budget allocation been retained to enable the restoration of annual funding to the APY Art Collective in the future, or has the APY now been removed from the list of key arts groups that get annual funding support?

The Hon. A. MICHAELS (Enfield—Minister for Small and Family Business, Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs, Minister for Arts) (14:43): That funding remains in the art budget, and some of that money has actually been provided for certain projects that support First Nations artists in recent times. That funding is still there and available at some future point.