Deborah Stone
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Who got the Catalyst money?
On the eve of the 2016 Budget, the winners of Catalyst funding taken from the Australia Council a year ago…
No money for contemporary art but plenty for history
Current funding priorities mean we close a contemporary arts space while spending millions commemorating the past.
Major cultural institutions can’t afford to do their job
‘Efficiency dividends’ have sliced so much from our major cultural institutions they can't provide proper access to cultural heritage.
ArtsLink Queensland collapses
Continuing school and touring arts programs in Queensland are in doubt as a key organisation goes into voluntary administration.
Another Catalyst grant...and it smells like pork
Fears that Catalyst funding is being used for pork barrelling won't be allayed by the latest grant announcement.
40 ways the arts will improve with $115m new funds
Finally, some good news. The Victorian Government has promised funding for 40 initiatives to grow creative industries.
State in crisis as arts funding cut looms
The rest of the country is reeling from lost Australia Council funding but for one state, the federal cuts look…
Vitesse
This triple bill of abstract works stretches the audience members’ minds and the dancers’ bodies.
Putting arts on the election agenda
Cultural officers replacing chaplains, tax-free arts grants and a tax on legalised cannabis are now on the 2016 Federal Election…
Don't judge me on money, says Minister
The Minister for the ​Arts Senator Mitch Fifield says being a strong advocate for the arts doesn’t mean delivering government…