Art-making would count for Centrelink: Greens

New Greens policies would help young and emerging artists forge a career by providing support through the welfare system.
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New Greens policies would help young and emerging artists forge a career by providing support through the welfare system.

The Greens’ new Young And Emerging Artists policy includes an independently costed $12 million plan that would allow artistic activities to count as part of Centrelink-imposed mutual obligation requirements.

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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 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts