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Live music lobby has ‘lost faith’ in Planning Minister

Music venues and advocates say they have lost faith in Victoria's Planning Minister Matthew Guy for not protecting live music.

23 Jul 2014

Richard Watts

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More than 20,000 people turned out for the 2010 SLAM Rally to protest restrictive laws which were damaging Melbourne’s live music sector. Photo: Zo Gay via psjournalist.wordpress.com

Save Live Australia’s Music (SLAM) spokesperson, Helen Marcou, said Melbourne’s music sector no longer has confidence in the Minister because of his inaction on implementing the Agent of Change principle, which would help protect live music venues and musicians’ livelihoods.

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Richard Watts

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