Creative Australia trials $3.88 million program to support small to medium sector

An additional $3,880,000 investment over two years from the Federal Government will support 12 small to medium companies across the country.
$3,880,000 over two years has been allocated to 12 small to medium companies in a new pilot program from Creative Australia. The photo is a close-up of multiple Australian $100 notes laid out and overlapping one another.

Twelve small to medium companies across Australia, including Melbourne’s La Mama Theatre, Slingsby Theatre Company in Adelaide, regional Queensland’s Crossroad Arts and the Community Arts Network (CAN) in Western Australia, are the beneficiaries of a Creative Australia pilot program designed to supporting the organisations through 2025 and 2026.

In total, $3,880,000 over two years has been allocated to the companies in question, all 12 of which were previously unsuccessful in obtaining funding through Creative Australia’s most recent Four-Year Investment Program.

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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 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