As the first minister to hold joint professional, professional and labor relations, Tony Burke is committed to using state law to address issues of sexual harassment in the Australian cultural industry.
Speaking to Guardian Australia recently before announcing the start of a seven-week consultation process on Friday, Burke said he had closely followed the growing controversy over the treatment of women in the sports industry, while protesting.
“I would like to see that the cultural norms address the challenges in the sports industry and in this law there must be a guarantee of a safe working environment for women,” she said.
He cited allegations of sexual harassment and beatings within the Australian music industry, including remarks made by singer Jaguar Jonze, and criticism of the workplace culture on Sony Music that led to its long-term director Denis Handlin fired last year after years. 25 years. Burke also referred to allegations of misconduct by actor Eryn-Jean Norvill against Geoffrey Rush, a revelation that led to Rush winning a defamation suit against the Daily Telegraph. Burke said all evidence of the industry affected by the work ethic needs to be significantly improved.
Workplace ethics resides within one of the five pillars of the new cultural policy system, which serves as the starting point for Creative Australia’s short-term Labor program, created under Gillard’s administration, in which Burke served briefly as art minister.
The previous incident, with the accelerated speed the Covid-19 had brought to the plague’s hardened part, convinced Burke that there was no time to draft a new law from scratch.
The authors learned the hard way during the epidemic, he said, that governments and large sections of society and the media considered them insignificant. The rules and regulations of the Coalition civil service system meant that the majority of musicians, relying heavily on short-term contracts or free pay, were not eligible for financial support during the closing period.
While top-level countries and cultures were protected by the Morrison government fund of $ 200 (Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand), many artists were left with no money or safety nets in the event of the epidemic.
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I still support international cultural organizations – both public and commercial – The work will evoke a sense of belonging between the individual artist, as stated in Gillard’s previous law, with First Nations actors taking the lead.
The first kind of skills and culture will be the basis for a new system of government, Burke said, which will also see the end of cabinet intelligence and a return to the principles of long-term elections when it comes to budget sharing.
“There was never a clear or appropriate approach that would explain how some projects were supported and others were not under Rise,” Burke said.
“I do not criticize individual decisions, but I criticize the approach used to reach them. While the Australian Council Elections are often criticized, I think we are in a situation where, of all the problems that come with financial aid, some practices are even worse. “
The minister is also promising to unite the provinces with a stronger law to control ticket sales.
“There are a lot of problems with what retailers are doing,” he said. “They sell fake tickets, which undermines confidence in the whole industry; they remove the direct relationship between the singer and the ticket buyer; and they rob people.
“I do not have the time or respect for businesses like Viagogo and I want to look at what we can do to make sure the ticket price that is advertised becomes the ticket price that is paid.”
In 2020 the ACCC successfully appealed to Viagogo and the ticket sales platform was ordered to pay a $ 7m fine.
The state of the nation address will close on August 22. Burke said he hopes to have a full written political and cultural document by the end of the year.
