Industry panellists appointed to guide National Cultural Policy

Artists and arts leaders from almost every state and territory have been appointed by Minister for the Arts Tony Burke MP to advise on the policy’s development.

Theatre and festival director Wesley Enoch AM, Arts Access Victoria CEO Caroline Bowditch, award-winning filmmaker Khoa Do, and soprano and composer Deborah Cheetham AO are among the members of five expert panels appointed to help guide the development of the Albanese Labor Government’s landmark National Cultural Policy.

In total, 15 industry professionals from across a range of artforms have been selected for the five panels, though notably, no Tasmanian representatives are included among their number.

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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