In June (2025), the Australian Design Centre (ADC) announced it was in freefall, having learnt it had been stripped of State and Federal operational funding.
In subsequent months, ADC has lobbied, advocated, fundraised, and frankly, begged to try to keep its doors open.Â
Lisa Cahill, CEO of the organisation, tells ArtsHub: ‘Reactions from the creative community, and the community more broadly over the past 24 hours, and in the months since we first announced these funding cuts, serve to demonstrate the massive impact ADC makes for artists and audiences.
