South Australians to rally against $8.5m in cuts

A public rally to oppose predicted cuts to the arts budget will be held in Adelaide on Tuesday.

15 Apr 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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Arts industry figures in South Australia fear up to $8.5 million will be cut from the state’s arts budget in the forthcoming 2016-17 budget.

The Adelaide Festival alone is expected to lose $1 million from its budget, with other organisations fearing deep cuts.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former 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