Can Australian Music Survive in the Age of Spotify?
New Developments Around Important Cultural Venues Need to Take Responsibility for Sound Attenuation Costs
The ALMBC is dismayed to see the beloved Melbourne Venue The Night Cat having to crowd fund to cover sound attenuation costs to meet compliance following planned new developments.
The successful model in Queensland’s Fortitude Valley’s where a Special Entertainment Precinct squarely places the onus on new developments to fund appropriate sound attenuation within their new residential dwellings, has provided significant protection for live music businesses within Fortitude Valley.
The ALMBC will continue to advocate for the implementation of Special Entertainment Precincts across the continent as the best model to protect live music businesses.
The thousands of sole traders, micro-businesses and small to medium businesses involved in the live music industry deserve policy and planning from state and local governments that protects their livelihood.
There is a very successful model in place and we will continue to advocate to state and local governments across the continent to implement the model.
