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Brandis: AusCo perceived as ‘iron wall’

The Minister for the Arts has disclosed more details behind the new Programme for Excellence in the Arts and his reasons for creating it.
19 May 2015 12:00
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Speaking to Michael Cathcart on ABC Radio National’s Books and Arts Daily the Minister said the National Programme for Excellence in the Arts, established in last week’s Budget, was about improving “contestability” in arts funding.

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