Government & Corporate Partners             These organisations recognise the value of the Arts and encourage the cultural enrichment of Queensland communities by supporting Queensland Arts Council programs, activities and special events We encourage you to support our Partners, the people who support us. Government Partners                                                                  Arts Queensland, part of the Department of Education, Training and the Arts, develops and implements cultural policy and administers cultural funding and capital works programs that support arts and cultural development for the benefit of the community.   The Australia Council is the Federal Government's arts funding and advisory body.  It directly supports young, emerging and established artists, as well as new and established organisations.         The RAF is a Commonwealth Government initiative through the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) to support the arts in regional and remote Australia.  It is administered in Queensland by QAC. Corporate Partners                                                                            Regional Arts Australia is the key national body representing the broad and complex interests and concerns of those working with and for the arts in regional, rural and remote Australia.     Xstrata is a major global diversified mining group, listed on the London and Swiss stock exchanges.  Xstrata maintains a meaningful position in seven major international commodity markets: copper, coking coal, thermal coal, ferrochrome, nickel, vanadium, zinc, plus aluminium, gold, lead and silver. The Group's operations and projects span 18 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Germany, Jamaica, New Caledonia, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Peru, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, the USA and the UK.     Heritage is Australia‘s largest Building Society with more than $5.8 billion in total assets, a mutual organisation where its members are its customers. Heritage has won numerous national awards for its service, products and outstanding performance as a financial institution, including awards as Best Building Society in 2004 alone.  With more than 100 branches and outlets from Mackay to Coolangatta and interstate, Heritage has experienced spectacular growth from its beginings in Toowoomba 129 years ago.  Heritage has a proud record of providing practical support to help build community life in regional and rural Queensland.   Ergon Energy provides electricity related services to around 600,000 customers across Queensland. These customers purchase their electricity through the government regulated tariff structure. Ergon's mission is to provide customers with sustainable, quality energy solutions to meet their constantly changing needs.          Supporters                                                                                  Arkefield Architects PGH Queensland College of Art, Griffith University Road Pro Event Touring Stage and Screen Travel Services Mediacom Australia Beelgara Wines Touring Partners                                                                         Ontour onstage Crossroad Arts Darwin Theatre Company Expressions Dance Company Just Us Theatre Ensemble NARPACA Opera Queensland Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University The Queensland Orchestra Tropic Sun Ontour inschools Australian Academy of Steel Drums Betty Sargeant Blindman's Holiday Coalface Communications Dance Nova  David Hamilton Expressions Dance Company Fiddlesticks Grant Collins Harvest Rain Theatre Company Brendon Kennedy Izzi Tooinsky Justine Anderson & Simon Burvill-Holmes Moses Aaron Ninehill Productions  Queensland Theatre Company QPAC - Out of the Box Polyglot Puppet Theatre Rick Roser Shukin's Entertainment Storytelling Theatre Tjupurru Zeal Theatre Queensland Ontour onexhibition Booringa Shire Council Heritage Building Society Miles Regional Arts Council Inc Mitchell Arts Council Inc Murilla Shire Council Queensland College of Art, Griffith University