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The impact of #ausvotesarts

The recent Federal election saw unprecedented coverage of the arts as a political issue, the outcomes of which may have lasting benefits for the sector.

8 Jul 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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Instagram photo by Tracy Paterson (@ lacontrapposto).

After a week of uncertainty in which neither the Coalition nor the Labor Party have been able to claim outright electoral victory, one thing is certain: for the first time in living memory – perhaps ever – the arts were on the radar of voters and politicians alike.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts