In 1994, the Prime Minister of Australia released the Creative Nation Cultural Policy. Aspects of this policy were designed to promote a sense of cohesiveness within cultural production in an information age.
The Communications and Arts portfolios were merged to deal with the convergence of broadcasting, telecommunications, computing and creative ie film and content production) industries and technologies
Against this background the Government took five specific and complementary measures costing $84 million over a four-year period. These were
the creation of the Australian Multi-media Enterprise
the establishment of Cooperative Multi-media Development Centres
the initiation of a series of national Multi-media forums
the commissioning of CD-ROMs involving material from our major cultural institutions for Australian school under the Australia on CD program, and
specific assistance to foster our film agenciesŐ move into multi-media.
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