More money for the arts in Melbourne

The City of Melbourne’s draft budget for 2013-2014 includes an extra $1.2 million for the arts.
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The City of Melbourne’s draft budget for 2013-2014 includes an extra $1.2 million for the arts.

The draft budget, to be delivered by Council this evening, includes a total arts budget of $14 million, up from $12.8 million in 2012-2013.

‘We’ve decided that we need to capitalise on the great work that we’ve done in previous years and keep growing the Arts and Culture programs, so we’re seeing an increase from last year in the Arts and Culture branch of more than a million dollars, which we’re very proud of,’ said Arts and Culture Portfolio Chair, Councillor Rohan Leppert.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's 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 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts