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NAVA campaigns and advocates for artists’ rights and the needs of the Australian visual arts, craft and design sector as a whole. Since its formation in 1983, NAVA has been a powerful force in bringing about policy and legislative change to encourage the growth and development of Australian visual arts, craft and design.


Indigenous Communal Moral Rights

With other arts sector bodies, NAVA is lobbying for the introduction of Indigenous Communal Moral Rights legislation which was promised for introduction in 2005, but is still yet to be implimented. This legislation would ensure the right of appropriate attribution and protection against derogatory treatment of Indigenous communities' traditional knowledge, which finds expression in cultural works and forms.