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Multi-million dollar boost for contemporary music

WA’s McGowan Labor Government has announced a $3 million fund to support the state’s bands and musicians as part of the 2018-19 budget.

4 May 2018

Richard Watts

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WA musician Ruby Boots. Image by Linda Dunjey Photography via www.facebook.com/RubyBootsMusic

Western Australian bands, musicians and music industry members will soon reap the benefits of a new Contemporary Music Fund.

The four year, $3 million fund – originally promised during the election campaign which delivered power to the McGowan Labor Government – is designed to support and grow the state’s contemporary music sector.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts