Brandis refuses to meet with arts industry

More than 60 senior arts leaders and artists travelled to Canberra yesterday to discuss changes to arts funding, but the Minister for the Arts refused to see them.
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Minister Senator George Brandis refused to meet with a national delegation of artists and arts organisations protesting against funding cuts to the Australia Council but he did find time to meet with representatives of major performing arts companies, who will not be affected by the cuts.

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Ben Eltham
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Ben Eltham is ArtsHub's industry columnist.