Editing South Australia (section)

=={{anchor|culture}}Cultural life==
{{see also|Adelaide#Cultural life|Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia)#Arts and culture|List of festivals in Australia#South Australia}}
South Australia has been known as "the Festival State" for many years, for its abundance of arts and [[gastronomic]] festivals.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[The Adelaide Review]]|url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/features/is-south-australia-still-festival-state-festival-flux-flow/|title=Is South Australia still the Festival State?|first=Ilona|last=Wallace|date=31 March 2015|access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> While much of the arts scene is concentrated in Adelaide, the state government has supported regional arts actively since the 1990s. One of the manifestations of this was the creation of [[Country Arts SA]], created in 1992.<ref name=laidlaw>{{cite web|url=https://www.michellelensink.com/laidlaw_hon_diana|website=Hon. Michelle Lensink MLC|title=Laidlaw, Hon. Diana|date=26 November 2003|first=Michelle|last=Lensink|access-date=4 September 2019|archive-date=7 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807102548/https://www.michellelensink.com/laidlaw_hon_diana|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Diana Laidlaw]] did much to further the arts in South Australia during her term as Arts Minister from 1993 to 2002, and after [[Mike Rann]] assumed government in 2002, he created a strategic plan in 2004 (updated 2007) which included furthering and promoting the arts in South Australia under the topic heading "Objective 4:
Fostering Creativity and Innovation".<ref>{{cite document|title=South Australia'S Strategic Plan 2007|publisher=Government of South Australia|date=2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://history.sa.gov.au/blog/finding-the-next-wave-innovation-and-its-discontent/|title= Finding the Next Wave: Innovation and its Discontents|series= University of Adelaide Cultural Oration 2017|first=Greg |last=Mackie|author-link=Greg Mackie|date=13 July 2017|access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref>

In September 2019, with the arts portfolio now subsumed within the [[Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia)|Department of the Premier and Cabinet]] (DPC) after the election of [[Steven Marshall]] as Premier, and the 2004 strategic plan having been deleted from the website in 2018,<ref>{{cite news|publisher=The Advertiser|website=AdelaideNow|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/expremier-mike-ranns-vision-for-south-australia-purged-after-14-years-by-new-ruling-liberals/news-story/7426eeab1f56078a971d5a823b411971|title=Ex-premier Mike Rann's vision for South Australia purged after 14 years by new ruling Liberals|date=9 June 2018|first=Matt|last=Smith|access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> the "''Arts and Culture Plan, South Australia 2019–2024''" was created by the department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/arts-plan|title=Arts and Culture Plan South Australia 2019–2024|access-date=4 September 2019|archive-date=2 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902215804/https://www.dpc.sa.gov.au/responsibilities/arts-and-culture/arts-plan|url-status=dead}}</ref> Marshall said when launching the plan: "The arts sector in South Australia is already very strong but it's been operating without a plan for 20 years".<ref>{{cite news|publisher=InDaily|url=https://indaily.com.au/arts-and-culture/2019/09/02/marshall-considering-concert-hall-as-part-of-new-arts-plan/|title=Marshall "considering" concert hall as part of new arts plan|date=2 September 2019|first=Stephanie|last=Richards|access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> However the plan does not signal any new government support, even after the government's {{AUD|31.9 million}} cuts to arts funding when [[Arts South Australia]] was absorbed into DPC in 2018. Specific proposals within the plan include an "Adelaide in 100 Objects" walking tour, a new shared ticketing system for small to medium arts bodies, a five-year-plan to revitalise regional art centres, creation of an arts-focussed high school, and a new venue for the [[Adelaide Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/arts/south-australia-arts-plan-review/|title=New Arts Plan and review suggest arts sector learns to live with less government support|journal=The Adelaide Review|date=2 September 2019|first=Walter |last=Marsh|access-date=7 September 2019}}</ref>

South Australia has a [[Public library|public library system]], and [[State Library of South Australia|state library]]. Some [[List of libraries in South Australia#Public libraries|public libraries in South Australia]] in rural areas are joint school and community libraries.

<ref>{{cite web |last1=KPPM Organisational Strategists |first1=KPPM |date=2012 |title=Review of School Community Libraries Future Models of Service Delivery |url=http://www.libraries.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/School%20Community%20Libraries%20Review%202012.pdf |access-date=11 February 2018 |publisher=State Library of South Australia |archive-date=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323113113/http://www.libraries.sa.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/School%20Community%20Libraries%20Review%202012.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>