{"id":6079,"date":"2016-06-21T19:45:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T19:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/06\/21\/australians-call-for-government-investment-in-local-music\/"},"modified":"2016-06-21T19:45:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T19:45:21","slug":"australians-call-for-government-investment-in-local-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2016\/06\/21\/australians-call-for-government-investment-in-local-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Australians Call For Government Investment In Local Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/e\/e0\/Map_of_Australia.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"214\" height=\"230\" \/><br \/>Australians have voiced their support for federal  government investment in Australian music and indicated that a  commitment to invest in the industry could influence their vote in the  upcoming federal election, according to national survey results  delivered this week.  <!--more-->  <br \/> Some 98% of respondents to the APRA AMCOS survey believe the federal  government should invest in Australian music. When asked why,  respondents answered:<br \/> * 90%        It&#8217;s an export industry worth millions of dollars to the economy<br \/> * 98%        It&#8217;s an important part of our culture and identity<br \/> * 90%        I like to be able to go and see live music near me<br \/> * 91%        It creates job growth and drives innovation<\/p>\n<p> Importantly, 72% of those surveyed confirmed that a commitment to a  significant investment in Australian music would influence their vote in  the federal election. A further 25% said a commitment to invest would  possibly influence their voting decision. 31% of total respondents live  in marginal seats.<\/p>\n<p> The survey results are backed by figures that prove an investment in  Australian music will drive innovation, domestic jobs and growth, and  export potential:<br \/> Australia&#8217;s contemporary music industry is a multi-billion dollar  contributor to the Australian economy, with live contemporary music  generating revenue of $2 billion annually.<\/p>\n<p> The entire contemporary music sector contributes close to $6 billion to the Australian economy annually.<\/p>\n<p> Contemporary music in Australia generates jobs and growth. Expenditure  associated with live music in Australia is estimated to create close to  65,000 full time and part time jobs.<\/p>\n<p> Every $1 spent on live music contributes $3 back into the economy.<\/p>\n<p> Australia is the 6th largest music market in the world.<\/p>\n<p> More Australian songwriters and musicians are succeeding on the global  stage. The number of Australian artists showcasing at international  events, supported by the Sounds Australia export office, has grown from  49 per year in 2009 to over 200 per year in 2014 and 2015.<\/p>\n<p> Australian songwriters broke 2014\/2015 records with a 25% increase in international performance royalty income.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\">Source: <\/span><br \/><span class=\"normal\">APRA AMCOS<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australians have voiced their support for federal government investment in Australian music and indicated that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}