Arts SA Executive Director dismissed by state government

Peter Louca, Executive Director of Arts South Australia, has been dismissed by the Marshall Liberal Government just two weeks before the state budget is handed down.

22 Aug 2018 12:00

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Peter Louca, outgoing Executive Director of Arts South Australia

The Executive Director of Arts South Australia, Peter Louca, has been dismissed by the Marshall Government of South Australia.

Announcing the news late Tuesday, Adelaide newspaper The Advertiser described Louca’s dismissal as part of a ‘State Government purge of Labor-appointed executives’.

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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 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. 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

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