Leigh Tabrett considers the disappointments of her career, commenting that she would like to have done more to challenge the culture of conformity in the public service. She identifies her work on higher education quality as her most important innovation, well as her Indigenous Arts Program, and reform of the Arts funding process.
Leigh Tabrett discusses the increased visibility of the arts in major Queensland events, and the 2006 changes to the way Arts Queensland funds organisations.
Leigh Tabrett discusses the redevelopment of the Queensland State Library, and its role as a community centre. She discusses plans to build similar arts and cultural spaces in regional centres and Arts Queensland's commitment to touring exhibitions to regional areas.
Leigh Tabrett discusses the decision to build the Gallery of Modern Art, and the ongoing success of the programs and exhibitions and the use of social media.
Leigh Tabrett summarises her life and career, from her high school education in Gympie to an undergraduate degree in German at the University of Queensland and onto the Director of the State Office of Higher Education as a part of the Goss Government 1990. She became the Assistant Director General of Education in 2002 and then in 2006 became the Deputy Director General of Arts Queensland.
