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Mates and majors: how the big fish survived

In October this year, the Queensland Government slashed funding to small-to-medium sized arts organisations. In part two of a three-part investigation, ArtsHub asks why the smaller players were targeted, while the major institutions were protected.

13 Dec 2013

Ben Eltham

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Campbell Newman holds Alice Myers, daughter of Anna Marsden and Ben Myers, as he introduces new ministers to the media, February 2013. Arts Minister Ian Walker is second from left. Image: The Courier-Mail.

In the first part of an exclusive 3-part series, Queensland arts cuts: the real story, ArtsHub exposed what happened to small and medium organisations under the Queensland arts cuts. The flip side is a story of political connections and powerful links inside the big players.

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Ben Eltham

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Ben Eltham is ArtsHub's industry columnist.

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