The Ministry for Culture and Heritage is openly inviting arts organisations to look further afield for its funding, rather than simply relying on the tax-payer. They suggest looking for funding from individual philanthropists, as well as the increasingly popular crowd-funding for smaller projects. Lynn asks the Ministry's Chief Executive Paul James how's that message is being received by the arts community - a sector that contributes 2 billion dollars into the economy.
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