Greens launch arts policy in election lead-up

$150 million to employ artists in schools as part of a scheme to foster young people’s creativity, and restoring Australia Council funding to pre-2013 levels are among the new policy announcements.

7 May 2019

Richard Watts

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With the Federal election less than two weeks away, the Greens have quietly released their arts policies for 2019.

At the time of writing, no formal media statement has been made about the ‘A Creative Australia‘ policy, which was published on the Greens’ website without fanfare.

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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