Queensland arts sector enters election mode

With an election looming, the state’s arts advocates are campaigning for increased investment in the cultural sector and greater emphasis on First Nations, regional and youth arts.

10 Nov 2017

Richard Watts

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The Queensland Chamber of Arts and Culture has highlighted systemic low investment in arts and culture in their state in the lead-up to the upcoming election on Saturday 25 November.

The Chamber has called on all political parties to increase Queensland’s low levels of arts funding, while also addressing a number of other priorities, including First Nations arts and artists.

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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