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Victorian arts funding: No black hole, just a slow-burning star

The Shadow Arts Minister claims there's a $13.5 million cut to arts funding but the industry says arts funding for big projects is on track.

27 May 2015

Richard Watts

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The Playhouse at GPAC. Photographer: Trevor Mein.

Heidi Victoria, Victoria’s Shadow Minister for Arts and Culture, has accused the Andrews Government of ‘axing’ $13.5 million from the arts budget over the next three years.

‘[Premier] Daniel Andrews claims to support the arts in Victoria, but when you scratch the surface and look carefully at the budget, it is clear that with Daniel Andrews it’s all talk, and no action,’ Victoria said. ‘There is a $13.5 million cut to the arts in this budget, with programs being axed from next year.’

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Richard Watts

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