Government funding of performing arts

In 2006-07, the Australian Government and state and territory governments provided about $256.4 million in funding to organisations for performing arts, according to the Cultural Ministers Council Statistics Working Group.

This includes $116.3 million from the Australia Council.

An additional $132 million was provided to performing arts venues by state and territory governments.

Government funding of performing arts, 2006-07

Performing arts	Australia Council	Other Australian Government authorities	Total Australian Government	State and territory governments
	($m)
Music	89.7	2.2	91.9	74.4
Drama	15.6	-	15.6	21.8
Dance	10.9	-	10.9	13.2
Music theatre and opera	-	-	-	16.5
Other performing arts	-	5.5	5.5	6.5
Total performing arts	116.3	7.7	124.0	132.4
Performing arts venues	-	-	-	132.0

� nil or rounded to zero (including null cells).
Source: Cultural Ministers Council Statistics Working Group, Cultural Funding in Australia Three Tiers of Government 2006-07.