Greens appoint Bandt to arts portfolio

The MP for Melbourne was appointed as arts spokesperson on Monday and has already gone on the attack.

29 May 2015

Richard Watts

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Adam Bandt, the Federal Member for Melbourne and the sole Greens MP in Canberra’s House of Representatives, was appointed as the party’s new arts spokesperson on Monday.

The portfolio was previously held by Greens leader Christine Milne, who announced her decision to step down from politics earlier this month.

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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