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ArtsPeak executive put advocacy work on hold

The confederation of Australia's peak arts organisations has temporarily suspended activities, citing changes to the advocacy landscape.

31 Oct 2017 12:00

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Minister for the Arts Senator Mitch Fifield addresses an ArtsPeak gathering. Photo credit: Norm Horton.

Changes to the arts advocacy landscape, including the creation of the New Approach project funded by the Myer, Tim Fairfax and Keir Foundations, have resulted in the Executive of ArtsPeak – the confederation of Australia’s peak arts organisations – placing the organisation’s activities temporarily on hold.

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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