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Eight new Qld orgs receive core funding

Arts Queensland’s Organisations Fund has distributed $30.55 million over four years to 39 organisations in total.

6 Sep 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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Publicity image for Backbone’s 2015 2high Festival of Art, Science and Ideas. Pictured: Stephanie Linsdell. Photography credit: Ruby Newport.

Queensland’s Palaszczuk Government continues to undo the damage wreaked upon the arts sector by the former Newman Government with the announcement yesterday of increased core funding for the small to medium sector through the $30.55 million Organisations Fund.

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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