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Australian Business Arts Foundation
Australian Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) is a national organisation which promotes private sector support for the arts through partnering, volunteering and giving.
Ph (National Office): (03) 9616 0300
Web: www.abaf.org.au

Australian Copyright Council
The Australian Copyright Council provides information, advice and training about copyright in Australia. They also produce publications, do research, and make submissions on copyright policy issues.
Ph: (02) 8815 9777
Web: www.copyright.org.au

Australia Council for the Arts
The Australia Council for the Arts is the Australian Government’s arts funding and advisory body. They support Australia’s arts through funding, strengthening and developing the arts sector.
Ph: (02) 9215 9000     Toll-free: 1800 226 912
Web: www.australiacouncil.gov.au

Australian Indigenous Communication Association
The Australian Indigenous Communication Association Incorporated is a body that represents members of the National Indigenous Media and Communications Industry. Sector representation includes: broadcasting, print communication, online communication, film, video and TV.
Ph: (02) 62628699
Web: www.aicainc.org.au/Html/index.html

artsACT
artsACT is the ACT Government's arts agency, responsible for administering arts policies, arts facilities and special initiatives, and funding for arts activities, projects and organisations.
Ph: (02) 6207 2384
Web: www.arts.act.gov.au/pages/index.asp

Arts Law Centre of Australia
The Arts Law Centre of Australia is a national community legal centre for artists and arts organisations. Arts Law provides free telephone legal advice and face-to-face advice to subscribers, as well as offering referrals, sample contracts, free information sheets, seminars, lectures and participating in advocacy.
Ph: (02) 9356 2566     Toll Free: 1800 221 457
Web: www.artslaw.com.au

Communications and Media Law Association
The Communications and Media Law Association (CAMLA) brings together a wide range of people interested in law and policy relating to communications and the media. The Association includes lawyers, journalists, broadcasters, members of the telecommunications industry, politicians, publishers, academics and public servants.
Ph: (02) 9660 1645
Web: www.camla.org.au

Copyright Agency Limited
Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) is an Australian copyright management company whose role is to provide a bridge between creators and users of copyright material. CAL represents authors, journalists, visual artists, surveyors, photographers and newspaper, magazine and book publishers as their non-exclusive agent to license the copying of their works to the general community.
Ph: (02) 9394 7600
Web: www.copyright.com.au

GrantsLINK
This website helps people find funding available under a variety of grant programs for individuals, businesses and communities.
Web: www.grantslink.gov.au

Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance
The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance is a union and professional organisation which covers everyone in the media, entertainment, sports and arts industries. Thier members include people working in TV, radio, theatre & film, entertainment venues, recreation grounds, journalists, actors, dancers, sportspeople, cartoonists, photographers, orchestral & opera performers as well as people working in public relations, advertising, book publishing & website production.
Ph: 1300 656 512
Web: www.alliance.org.au

Screenrights
The idea was simple. Teachers wanted to copy from television for teaching. Filmmakers wanted to be paid for this use of their work. Screenrights was set up to make this happen. Screenrights aims to facilitate the use of audiovisual material and to optimise returns to copyright owners through the collective management of their rights.
Ph: (02) 9904 0133
Web: www.screen.org

Sydney Arts Management Advisory Group
Sydney Arts Management Advisory Group (SAMAG) is a not-for-profit organisation which was formed by a number of arts professionals in the early 1990s to provide a forum to create awareness, sensitivity, knowledge and skills required of Directors and Managers of arts organisations through the presentation of seminars by arts and business people. At the same time, SAMAG provides professional development for arts managers to improve their knowledge and skills.
Ph: (02) 8250 5722
Web: www.samag.org
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