ILBIJERRI Theatre Company’s Beautiful One Day. Performers l- r: Kylie Doomadgee and Rachael Maza. Photo by Ponch Hawkes.
After nine years of Coalition rule, Labor’s win on Saturday has significant implications for Indigenous arts and culture in this country.
‘I got quite emotional watching Senator Penny Wong and our now Prime Minister Albanese give their acceptance speech,’ he said.
‘It’s been the most frustrating nine years watching the slow erosion of any kind of decent and rigorous debate within our society to the point of complete paralysis,’ she told ArtsHub.
ArtsHub's Arts Feature Writer Jo Pickup is based in Perth. An arts writer and manager, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM and The West Australian newspaper, contributing media content and commentary on art, culture and design. She has also worked for arts organisations such as Fremantle Arts Centre, STRUT dance, and the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub of WA, as well as being a sessional arts lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
