Sexual harassment of women in Australian culture industries must be stopped, says arts minister

Speaking to Guardian Australia just prior to announcing the start of a seven-week national consultation period on Friday, Burke said he had closely followed mounting controversies over the treatment of women in the performing arts industries, while in opposition.

That previous experience, along with the added urgency Covid-19 has brought to a sector particularly hard-hit by the pandemic, convinced Burke there was no time to create a new policy from scratch.

The minister is also promising to corral the states and territories to put in place stronger legislation to regulate ticket resales.

In 2020 the ACCC successfully prosecuted Viagogo and the ticket reselling platform was ordered to pay a $7m fine.