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Minister for the Arts Ben Franklin has announced the appointment of Professor Robynne Quiggin to the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences Trust.

Professor Quiggin will be the first Aboriginal Trustee of the museum in its 143-year history. She will work alongside Trust President Peter Collins AM QC to provide guidance and support to the museum’s First Nations Directorate. Quiggin will help shape Powerhouse policies and plans to ensure a self-determined direction for Aboriginal representation and engagement at the museum.

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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