Arts funding in Australia: the coming crunch

UK arts analyst John Kieffer warns Australia could be headed for a British-style funding crunch
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Quebec may be a model for arts funding: Image by Quebac artist Robin Deyo

It’s been a rough ride for the arts in Britain. After years of plenty under the Blair and Brown governments, arts funding nose-dived after 2010. In a climate of austerity in which few public services were spared, David Cameron’s government slashed arts funding dramatically.

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Ben Eltham
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Ben Eltham is ArtsHub's industry columnist.