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QLD budget provides additional $43.1 million for the arts

Indigenous and regional arts will receive a significant boost, as will existing state owned assets through a new Arts Infrastructure Investment Fund.

15 Jun 2017

Richard Watts

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Queensland’s arts community is celebrating following Tuesday’s state budget announcement of an additional $43.1 million for the sector over the next four years.

The funding includes a major investment in Indigenous and regional arts, and the creation of a new Arts Infrastructure Investment Fund, as well as ongoing investment in existing organisations such as QAGOMA and QPAC.

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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