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Albanese Govt appoints Special Envoy for the Arts

Susan Templeman MP, the Federal Member for Macquarie, will be promoting and supporting the arts in her newly created role.

3 Jun 2022 11:34

Richard Watts

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‘As Special Envoy, I’ll have a key role engaging with the sector,’ said Susan Templeman MP. Image supplied.

Signalling the Albanese Government’s commitment to and support of the Australian arts sector, Susan Templeman MP, the Federal Member for Macquarie, has been appointed to the new role of Special Envoy for the Arts.

Templeman’s appointment was announced in the same week that Tony Burke MP was formally sworn in as Federal Minister for the Arts.

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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