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Artists converge on Canberra to #freethearts

Sector representatives from across the country will meet with the major political parties in a bid to reverse the recent AusCo cuts.

12 Jun 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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Sixty arts sector representatives from across the country will converge on Canberra next Thursday 18 June as part of the national campaign to restore $104.8 million cut from the Australian Council budget by Minister for the Arts George Brandis QC in last month’s Federal budget.

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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