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Get fracked: Call for Darwin Festival to drop Santos sponsorship

Santos' links to fracking in the NT have prompted artists to call for the Darwin Festival to drop the mining company's sponsorship.

29 Jul 2015

Richard Watts

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An open letter to the Darwin Festival, signed by 51 artists to date, is calling on the festival to sever its links with the Australian oil and gas producer Santos, over the company’s links to fracking in the Northern Territory. The majority of the letter’s signatories are Darwin and Alice Springs residents.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts