Arts and cultural funding is little changed.
A further half a million Australians will get SBS following a $5 million allocation for transmitters in the Tweed Heads and Wide Bay areas.
There is no funding to start the National Museum.
Film Australia’s National Interest Program has been renewed following the end of the three-year program which produced 69 films and a review of the program which reported good television coverage and a high standard.
The new program is over four years with an allocation of $25 million, a reduction of $400,000 a year over 1993-94 funding levels.
The backbone of Australia’s arms-length funding system, the Australia Council, gets $59.15 million, up from $58.18 million last year _ just keeping up with inflation.
Also on rough par with inflation with the 1994-95 allocation in brackets are: Australian Film Commission ($18.7m); Film, Television and Radio School ($10.7m); and Maritime Museum ($13.5m).
Cuts of up to 4 per cent were allocated to: National Gallery ($19.1); Film and Sound Archive ($9.1m); National Library ($31.2m); and the National Museum ($6.2m).
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation maintains its funding in real terms at $515.1 million (increasing $16.5 million in nominal terms).
SBS is expected to get $8.1 million from sponsorship and advertising. Its budget allocation of $75.7 million maintains its real-terms funding.
Total arts and cultural funding is down 0.3 per cent to $348.9 million.