The federal government has unveiled the first major injection of funding in a decade: under a new national cultural policy it’s calling “revive”. So, what will it mean for artists? Will arts work finally be treated like real work? And will this policy help Australia create good art?

Today, Editor of The Monthly Michael Williams on whether the Albanese government’s arts policy can revive the sector.

Arts policy in Australia has been virtually non-existent for ten years, and in those ten years the arts have suffered enormously.

Today, we bring you an exclusive one-on-one interview between the editor of The Monthly, Michael Williams, and the man who says he wants to save the arts: Arts Minister Tony Burke.