Will the Queensland election matter to the arts?

Labor is promising a review, the LNP cultural infrastructure money. But will the Queensland result make any real difference to the arts sector?
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 Sir Kenneth Macmillan’s Romeo & Juliet came to Queensland via the Super Star Fund

Queensland’s 2015 snap election campaign was called in early January for January 31. The truncated campaign has concentrated on the issue of privatisation, leaving little room for detailed policies or commitments in areas like the arts. 

Indeed, so little attention has been paid to the arts and culture that in recent days local arts leaders have started to ring the alarm. At last week’s Australian Theatre Forum in Sydney, Arts Hub spoke to a number of prominent Queensland theatre figures who expressed astonishment that neither major party had bothered to release a formal arts policy.

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Ben Eltham
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Ben Eltham is ArtsHub's industry columnist.