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Live Music Census in Victoria, Australia – Dobe Newton
This week’s guest blog post is by Dobe Newton, organiser of the live music census in the state of Victoria in Australia.
In this post, he gives some background to the census, a discussion of the research process, an overview of the findings and also comparison with the wider entertainment industry.
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CAMPAIGN AGAINST LEAFLETING BANS
Under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005, councils can designate areas within which people must buy a licence to hand out leaflets. Nearly a third of councils now restrict leafleting, and licences are prohibitively expensive.
These rules have been catastrophic for theatres, village halls, comedy clubs and small nightclubs, which rely on leafleting, but cannot afford such fees.
This campaign, launched with a letter to The Daily Telegraph – signed by promoters such as Harvey Goldsmith, and musicians and comedians such as Al Murray and Belle and Sebastian’s Stuart Murdoch – argues that litter can be dealt with through proper provision of bins and other common-sense measures, rather than restrictions on people’s rights to use public space.
It maintains that leafleting is a key civic freedom, with a long tradition in this country, and should not be restricted without good reason and argues that since the 2005 Act already provides exemption for political and religious leafleting, or leafleting on behalf of a charity, this should be extended to provide an additional exemption for leafleting for small-scale cultural and community events.
For more information, and to sign the petition, please click here.