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$225.5M for creative sector in Victorian budget

The budget includes a $6.4 million package supporting programs and events benefiting independent artists and small organisations, and $128 million over four years for Geelong Performing Arts Centre.

28 May 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

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The reimagined Geelong Performing Arts centre. Image via gpac.org.au.

Released yesterday (Monday 28 May), the 2019-20 Victorian Budget includes $225.5 million in new initiatives for the creative sector, including a $6.4 million package supporting programs and events benefiting independent artists and small organisations, including the Music Works grants programs, the Creators Fund, MPavilion, Dance Massive and AsiaTOPA 2020.

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Richard Watts

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 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. 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