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A New Approach announced for the arts in Australia

A new $1.65M program intended to champion Australia’s cultural sector is a step closer to realisation but will not be run by arts sector insiders.

9 Aug 2017 12:00

Richard Watts

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Two non-arts organisations – one an academic body, the other a communications firm with close ties to government agencies and the corporate sector – have been appointed to run a new, $1.65 million project designed to champion Australian arts and culture.

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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