Staffing issues signal overdue reform

ArtsHub spoke with arts workers and peak industry body to uncover what can be learnt and done with staffing shortages exacerbated by Omicron.

Arts organisations have been left on their own while trying to deliver their biggest summer programs in two years among staff shortages and COVID complicated cancellations once again.

The Australia Bureau of Statistics in 2020 reported ‘casual workers accounted for around two-third of people who lost a job early in the COVID-19 period’ and this percentage can be expected to be even higher in an industry notorious for its gig economy.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's former Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs, and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram: @lleizy_