Next government gets arts priorities from sector

With the Coalition leading in the polls, a new arts coalition is fighting to protect the sector and has drawn up a list of priorities to present to an incoming Federal Government.

30 Aug 2013

Richard Watts

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With the Coalition leading in the polls, a new arts coalition is fighting to protect the sector and has drawn up a list of priorities to present to an incoming Federal Government.

Top of the list is retaining the increased Australia Council funding achieved under Creative Australia with priority also given to indexing grants and increasing touring funds.

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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