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Indigenous and disadvantaged artists will suffer under NPEA

Witnesses at day one of the Senate inquiry in Sydney have stressed the damage wrought by the government’s raid on the AusCo.

4 Nov 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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Community arts and cultural development programs across Australia will be severely impacted by the National Program for Excellence in the Arts (NPEA), according to witnesses at the Sydney leg of the Senate inquiry into the impact of the 2014 and 2015 Commonwealth Budget decisions on the Arts.

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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