Peak bodies welcome re-elected Albanese Government and call for greater commitment to live music and visual arts sectors

NAVA and 20 contemporary music organisations have welcomed Labor’s re-election and are collectively calling for stronger focus by the new Government on their locally rich and globally recognised sectors.
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The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) and Vote Music 2025, a collective of 20 contemporary music organisations (the members of which include the Australian Festival Association (AFA), the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Office (NATSIMO) and youth organisation The Push) have welcomed the re-election of the Albanese Government and its renewed commitment to the national cultural policy, Revive.

“Revive has already set in motion vital reforms to build a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable cultural future. As implementation progresses, NAVA is calling on the Government to ensure that visual arts, craft and design is fully supported through dedicated structural reform and targeted policy commitments,” NAVA’s statement reads.

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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