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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.

4 Aug 2022 11:05

Richard Watts

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L-R: Claire G. Coleman, Wesley Enoch AM and Rachael Maza AM have been appointed to the First Nations advisory panel. Rachael Maza photographed by Tiffany Garvie.

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.

Representatives of arts education and the youth arts sector are also notable by their absence.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former 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 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts