We’ve condensed our weekly column ‘ICYMI: The week’s arts news’ for easier reading, with a recap of the hottest headlines, announcements and arts news that shaped the zeitgeist this past week.
Temporary measures, uncertain future: Budget 2022-23
Writer and arts advocate Esther Anatolitis breaks down the Federal Budget 2022-23, released earlier this week. Anatolitis wrote: ‘At a time when strengthening the confidence of our most creative people is crucial to Australia’s future, we’d expect a pre-election budget to be filled with visionary commitments. Instead, the arts narrative in last night’s Federal Budget 2022-23 is of decreases – a narrative we need to work hard to piece together among the various Budget Papers, Ministerial and Portfolio Budget Statements.‘
