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National Cultural Policy needs a Music Australia agency: Greens

A national peak body for contemporary music could help grow the sector at home and abroad.

2 Dec 2022 13:17

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Australian band Amyl and the Sniffers have recently developed a strong following internationally. Photo: Jamie Wdziekonski.

The need for a national agency dedicated to and supporting Australian contemporary music was emphatically stated in the Federal Parliament this week.

Speaking on the final day of Ausmusic Month, Greens spokesperson for the Arts, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, called for the creation of an agency equivalent to Screen Australia in order to strengthen and support the Australian contemporary music sector both nationally and internationally.

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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