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Music Australia will share our songs with the world

The creation of Music Australia will drive commercial exports and strengthen Australia’s live music sector.

23 Aug 2023 9:13

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Photo: Freestocks on Unsplash.

Embracing the commercial potential of the live music industry, Music Australia is the latest body to be established by the Albanese Government as part of its National Cultural Policy, Revive.

Music Australia is backed by more than $69 million in funding over four years, and will be led by the Music Australia Council, whose members were appointed today (23 August 2023) by Minister for the Arts Tony Burke.

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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