On 20 June 2007, the Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts released the report of its inquiry into Australia's Indigenous visual arts and craft sector. The report is entitled 'Indigenous Art Securing the Future: Australia’s Indigenous visual arts and craft sector'.

The report's recommendations included:

• revised legislation on Indigenous communal moral rights (Recommendation 24)

• appropriate legislation to provide for the protection of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights (Recommendation 25)

• the Australian Customs Service be given an appropriate role in assisting the protection of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property rights in relation to imported and exported goods (Recommendation 25)

• (by the non-government members of the committee) a resale royalty scheme that is designed to ensure appropriate resale rights accrue to artists, particularly Indigenous artists (Recommendation 26)

More:

• view and download the report