In collaboration with ILBIJERRI Theatre Company, Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company, Marrugeku, Moogahlin Performing Arts, and National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association (NAISDA), BlakDance contributed to the Inquiry calling on the government for;
Increased funding for all of the First Nations dance sector via the Australia Council for the Arts
Development of a national cultural policy led by First Nations cultural arts sector
Closing the Gap to fund Culture
Targeted support for Elders
The establishment of a national Indigenous cultural arts peak body
Research on baseline data for Indigenous performing arts, including our contribution to GDP.