Last week, Perth Festival announced its 18-year partnership with energy company Chevron will end after the 2023 festival, and this morning, Santos announced it is walking away from its sponsorship of Darwin Festival’s opening night after a concerted campaign by Fossil Free Arts NT and NT Traditional Owners against the partnership.
In the case of Chevron’s long-time support of Perth Festival, the energy company’s General Manager of Corporate Affairs Kate Callaghan said in a statement that the company ‘has been honoured to support Perth Festival in providing audiences an enriching and unique arts experience for nearly two decades, including for the past 10 years as a major partner’.
