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Live music lobby has ‘lost faith’ in Planning Minister

Music venues and advocates say they have lost faith in Victoria's Planning Minister Matthew Guy for not protecting live music.

23 Jul 2014

Richard Watts

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More than 20,000 people turned out for the 2010 SLAM Rally to protest restrictive laws which were damaging Melbourne’s live music sector. Photo: Zo Gay via psjournalist.wordpress.com

Save Live Australia’s Music (SLAM) spokesperson, Helen Marcou, said Melbourne’s music sector no longer has confidence in the Minister because of his inaction on implementing the Agent of Change principle, which would help protect live music venues and musicians’ livelihoods.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts