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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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APY Art Centre Collective

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:41): Supplementary: in relation to the minister's answer and the National Gallery review, has the minister read the National Gallery review and will she give consideration to reducing the scope of the terms of reference of her review to remove anything that has already been considered by the National Gallery review?

The Hon. A. MICHAELS (Enfield—Minister for Small and Family Business, Minister for Consumer and Business Affairs, Minister for Arts) (14:41): I thank the member for the question. The National Gallery review looked at the provenance of the 28 paintings that were to be going into their exhibition; it was quite narrow. I have read the review. I have had a briefing with Nick Mitzevich as well. I have asked the panel to get in touch with the reviewers who were involved in that. I understand there was further evidence that wasn't made public in that report, that I don't have access to either, but I think there is some evidence there that might flow into the terms of reference that we have given.

In terms of making it narrower, I think it's really important that we do look at the broader issues around how those artists and art workers have been treated, if any of those broader allegations in fact are true around the governance of the APY Art Centre Collective, so I am reluctant to narrow it only to have a result of what we have now with the NGA report, which is it hasn't really dampened anyone's concerns about First Nations art and how it's produced certainly in the APY Art Centre Collective but also having that flow-on effect nationally.

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