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A role for the arts in the NSW State Plan?

8 September 2006

The draft NSW State Plan - A New Direction for NSW - was launched by the Premier, Morris Iemma, on 8 August as part of a widespread community consultation exercise with people across NSW.

The Plan aims to define the goals and outcomes that the NSW Government and community together agree should shape public policy over the next ten years and has been drafted around a number of themes.

Submissions were invited on the draft State Plan with a closing date of 8 September.

Community Feedback Forums were also held in a number of locations around the State including, in regional NSW: Bathurst, Singleton, Broken Hill, Newcastle, Tamworth, Coffs Harbour, Tweed Heads, Armidale, Gosford, Wollongong, Queanbeyan, Wagga Wagga, Nowra, Eden, Moree, Nelson Bay, Port Macquarie and Deniliquin.

The Government is expected to deliver the final State Plan in October.

Read the draft State Plan and summaries of the Stakeholder feedback from 100 top industry, environment, community and other stakeholder groups on the NSW Government website here.

The Regional Arts NSW Submission to the State Plan
Regional Arts NSW prepared a submission to the NSW State Plan which articulates a key a role for arts and culture in whole of community development in New South Wales. Download a copy of the Regional Arts NSW Submission here:

The Regional Arts NSW Submission to the State Plan [PDF 50K]