Landmark Fair Play Reflections Report

Fair Play Reflections Report

Learning and Practice for Equity in Australia’s Creative Industries

The Fair Play Reflections report captures seven years of learning, practice and impact generated through Fair Play: Equity, Inclusion and the Creative Industries, a landmark initiative of Diversity Arts Australia. What began in 2019 as a two-year pilot with 20 Victorian organisations grew into a national program reaching 75 organisations, delivering 356 equity training and mentoring sessions, and supporting more than 2,000 participants.  

Launched amid growing national and global conversations about representation, access and systemic inequity, Fair Play supported organisations to move beyond intention to action. Grounded in an intersectional, human rights–based approach, the program equipped creative organisations with practical tools to embed cultural safety, accessibility and accountability into everyday practice. Many participants developed Equity Action Plans that advanced meaningful, long-term structural change.

The initiative expanded organically through partnerships and sector demand, supported by key partners including Creative Victoria, Create NSW, Creative Australia, Victorian Music Development Office, Screenrights Cultural Fund, Koorie Heritage Trust, Arts Access Victoria, Garuwa, Shifting Ground, Jumbunna and more organisations.

This report stands as both a record of collective achievement and an invitation to continue the work. Building on Fair Play’s impact, Diversity Arts Australia is developing Creative Equity Training, a new online, self-paced program designed to support the sector to embed equity knowledge into organisational practice and strengthen Australia’s arts and creative industries for the future.