Resources & Research

Tools, resources, and links looking at cultural diversity in Australia and other relevant information.

Submissions & Inquiries

Read Shifting the Balance 1.0: Our report on culturally diverse arts leadership

Seeing Ourselves 2.0

DARTS’ Equity and Inclusion Checklist

StoryCasters Report

Lost Work 2.0 Report: pandemic impacts on creatives of colour & First Nations creatives

Voice, Agency & Integrity Report

Changing organisations to diversify arts audiences

Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories? 2.0

Who Gets To Tell Australian Stories?

Australian Publishing Industry Workforce Survey on Diversity and Inclusion

The UNESCO Global Report, Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity – Addressing culture as a global public good

Nexus Arts’ Toolkit for Arts Organisations to Increase Cultural Diversity in Our Audiences

NCOSS Advocacy Toolkit provides blueprint for advocacy skills

Australia Council releases Towards Equity: a research overview of diversity in Australian arts

Asian Australian Alliance releases COVID-19 Racism Incident Report Survey Comprehensive Report 2021

Panel – COVID-19 Racism Incident Report

Social commentary, racism & COVID-19 report

Racism in newspaper comment sections analysed in new report

Anti-Discrimination NSW COVID-19 Social Media Toolkit

Women In Music’s Equality & Diversity in Concert Halls Report | 2020-2021

2020 Living Music Report: A dire lack of CALD composers

Why the arts are crucial to a diverse society

Cultural Diversity and the Arts: Language and Meanings

The Big List: what made an impact in the visual arts in 2018

Inclusive Pathways Framework

Myth Busted: It’s not only Black Audiences that want to see Black work

Leading for Change 2018

Mapping Social Cohesion

On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life

Why cultural appropriation isn’t cool

Arts in Daily Life: Australian Participation in the Arts

A wealth of statistical data, the Australia Council for the Arts 2014 report ‘Arts in Daily Life: Australian Participation in the Arts’ offers a snapshot of how Australians value and participate in the arts.

All Culture is Local

A resource developed over a five-year Australian Research Council project linking four universities, four local governments, and peak regional, state and federal agencies.

City of Film: Unesco Creative Cities Network Sydney Report

Inclusion in the Director’s Chair

Making Art Work

Connecting Australians

Leading for Change 2016

Promoting Diversity of Cultural Expression in Arts in Australia: A case study report