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Too early to celebrate Catalyst’s demise

Ministry for the Arts staff are reportedly 'overwhelmed' by the extra work required by Catalyst, adding weight to claims that Catalyst's days are numbered.

5 Oct 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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The arts sector has reacted with cautious delight to claims published by Daily Review that Minister for the Arts Mitch Fifield is planning to return all or most of the funding snatched by his predecessor Senator George Brandis from the Australia Council’s budget in May last year.

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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