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Senator Stoker said it was a good thing the Archives was taking donations because it was a sign the organisation was proactively implementing a Tune review recommendation that it explore new philanthropic opportunities.
“It’s about buy-in from the public. It’s about public engagement,” she said.
Labor senator Kim Carr, who is on the Archives’ advisory council, asked whether that was letting the government off the hook for funding.
“Every other cultural institution in the Commonwealth received support, but not the Archives,” he said.
Senator Stoker said the Tune review put the Archives in a different position to the eight other national institutions, which collectively received $85.4 million in the budget.