DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS, SPORT AND RECREATION ANNUAL REPORT 2008–09 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS, SPORT AND RECREATION CONTENTS 2 LETTER OF 6 OVERVIEW 15 REVIEW OF contSUBMISSION 7 Who we are OPERATIONS 7 What we do 16 Corporate Result 1: Stronger community cohesion 3 DIRECTOR-GENERAL’S 7 Our stakeholders REPORT and capacity 7 Reporting framework 29 Corporate Result 2: 9 Performance summary Improved health and wellbeing 12 Financial position 40 Corporate Result 3: 13 Corporate governance Strong, sustainable and responsible arts, hospitality, sport and recreation industries Front cover: image of children with artwork, courtesy of Art Gallery of NSW, features children’s guide Mandy Palmer with students from Allambie Heights Primary School. Photo: Carley Wright. The Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation combines the skills and resources of Arts NSW, the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing, entsand NSW Sport and Recreation. The purpose of the Department is to foster a more active, rewarding and fulfilling lifestyle for the people of New South Wales. 50 Corporate Result 4: 64 FINANCIAL 113 APPENDIXES World-class standards of STATEMENTS ents187 Abbreviations and shortened achievement and performance 65 Director-General’s Declaration forms in arts and sport 66 Independent Auditor’s Report 189 Index 56 Corporate Result 5: Increased community and 67 Financial Statements 192 Contact stakeholder appreciation 75 Notes to the Financial of the value of the arts and the Statements State’s cultural heritage, sport and recreation and the natural environment 59 Corporate Result 6: An efficient and responsive organisation LETTER OF SUBMISSION The Hon. N. Rees, MP The Hon. K. P. Greene, MP Premier Minister for Gaming and Racing Minister for the Arts Minister for Sport and Recreation Level 40 Governor Macquarie Tower Level 36 Governor Macquarie Tower 1 Farrer Place 1 Farrer Place SYDNEY NSW 2000 SYDNEY NSW 2000 Dear Ministers It is my pleasure to submit to you, for presentation to the Parliament, the Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation’s Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2009. direc The Annual Report, in my opinion, has been prepared in full compliance with the requirements of the Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985, the Annual Reports (Departments) Regulation 2005 and the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983. Yours sincerely view Carol Mills Director-General 2 LETTER OF SUBMISSION DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS, SPORT AND RECREATION ANNUAL REPORT 2008–09 DIRECTOR- direcGENERAL’S REPORT viewtor-g DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS, SPORT AND RECREATION ANNUAL REPORT 2008–09 SECTION 3 DIRECTOR- GENERAL’S REPORT 2008–09, my first full year as Director-General, has been both exciting and challenging. As I have travelled around Sydney and New South Wales, meeting staff, clients and stakeholders, I have been struck by the degree to which decisions taken by our Department affect the lives of the people of New South Wales. In the organisations we support, the programs we offer Such partnerships and innovations increase our impact. and fund, and the industries we regulate, the Department With on-site accommodation and excellent sport and recreation of the Arts, Sport and Recreation makes a vast contribution facilities, the regional centres have offered life-changing to improving quality of life, encouraging excellence, and experiences to families and children, to young people dealing contributing to the State’s leisure and creative industries. with disadvantage, illness or disability and to refugees. At Lake Burrendong, for example, staff worked with the Schizophrenia For example amidst the current global economic crisis, the Fellowship to deliver activities to increase confidence and build policies and programs of Arts NSW and NSW Sport and self-esteem among their clients. Similarly Arts NSW has worked Recreation come to have great importance as they address with partners to develop programs that address disability such disadvantage and inequity. I am particularly proud to see the as Shh Productions’ Blind as you see it (about the experience recognition given in the Premier’s Public Sector Awards to the of losing sight) which was performed at three Western Sydney Dubbo Sport and Recreation Centre for a program that aims to venues. In 2008–09, the Department co-sponsored Charity increase opportunities for local Aboriginal people to join sports Awareness Week and, with the Fundraising Institute Australia, organisations. contributed to the Volunteer Recognition Awards. The grants provided by the Department make a tangible difference Across the Department, new initiatives have been introduced to communities. In difficult economic times, programs offered to ensure that State Plan targets have been met, and in some at little or no cost to the public have met with great success, as instances surpassed. The Sydney International Regatta Centre, evidenced by the Festival of Sydney First Night, which brought for example, had a 20 per cent increase in visitor numbers, over 300 000 people into the city. ‘Renewing Newcastle’ is just an excellent result shared by a number of our other sporting one example where a comparatively small amount of funding from and cultural organisations. Grants programs within Arts NSW the Department, combined with resources from local government, and NSW Sport and Recreation have been reviewed and businesses and the community, has transformed empty buildings restructured to better reflect the State Plan’s strategic priorities, in the city centre into workshops, galleries and studios for local particularly in relation to participation. Red tape has been cut, artists and organisations. and the grants application process simplified. 4 DIRECTOR-GENERAL’S REPORT DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS, SPORT AND RECREATION ANNUAL REPORT 2008–09 Across the Department, new initiatives have been introduced to ensure that State Plan targets have been met, and in some instances surpassed. Director-General Carol Mills I am pleased to note that our considerable investment in building In March I participated in the Premier’s Job Summit, where strong partnerships at all levels of government, with industry I was pleased to see that the creative industries received and the community generally, has delivered tangible results. For warm recognition. A major outcome was the doubling of the example, I now meet the CEOs of the cultural institutions and the production incentives fund for the NSW Film and Television parks agencies on a regular basis, and, as a result, new initiatives Office and introduction of an incentives package to encourage have been supported; and our work with ClubsNSW has directly major international films to the State. This could generate more contributed to developing strategies to ensure the sustainability than 4000 new jobs over the next four years. of this valuable community resource. In June 2009 the Premier, The Hon. Nathan Rees, announced The Liquor Act 2007, which commenced on 1 July 2008, has a major restructure of the State’s public sector. Thirteen introduced significant reforms to the State’s liquor regulatory super-departments have been created from the 160 state framework, changing the way licence applications are managed agencies with the Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation and seeking to encourage smaller venues. At the same time, joining nine other agencies and divisions to form Communities the Department has been working intensively with Government NSW. In 2009–10 I look forward to working with staff to build partners, including the NSW Police Force and stakeholders a strong and unified Department that contributes to community such as the Australian Hotels Association NSW, on strategies cohesion and engagement whilst achieving efficiencies in our to combat increasing rates of alcohol-related violence and corporate services and service delivery. antisocial behaviour. Our success in this reporting year is due to the commitment, Important reforms to gaming machine laws in early 2009 creativity and professionalism of staff within the Department, and changes to the Poker Machine Entitlement Scheme and the many volunteers that support our work in sport, have significantly reduced gaming machine numbers in high recreation, community engagement, the arts and culture, and medium risk local government areas. This is in line with and I thank them all for their efforts. the Government’s aim to minimise the harm associated with problem gambling. I should like to acknowledge the important contribution made by the late Brian Farrell to the Department. As Chief Executive of the Casino, Liquor and Gaming Control Authority, and of its predecessor, he successfully managed the major changes arising out of the new liquor and gaming laws until his sudden Carol Mills death in January this year. Director-General DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS, SPORT AND RECREATION ANNUAL REPORT 2008–09 DIRECTOR-GENERAL’S REPORT 5 OVERVIEW overOVERVIEW view 6 OVERVIEW DEPARTMENT OF THE ARTS, SPORT AND RECREATION ANNUAL REPORT 2008–09 WHO WE ARE The Department of the Arts, Sport and Recreation brings together the skills and resources of Arts NSW, the NSW Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing, NSW Sport and Recreation and Corporate Strategy and Services. The Department works closely with local communities, industry partners and Government to maximise community participation in the arts, sport and recreation and to regulate the liquor, gaming, racing and charity industries. We ensure that the NSW Government’s priorities drive all aspects of our activities. The statutory bodies within the portfolio include Centennial Park and Moore Park Trust, Parramatta Park Trust, several other sport and recreation venue trusts as well as the State’s major arts and cultural institutions: the Art Gallery of NSW, Australian Museum, Historic Houses Trust of NSW, Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, NSW Film and Television Office, State Library of NSW and Sydney Opera House. The Department also works with the Casino, Liquor and Gaming Control Authority, which on 1 July 2008 replaced the NSW Casino Control Authority, the Liquor Administration Board and the Licensing Court of NSW.