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ArtsPeak calls for Government response to Senate Inquiry

The Federal Government has yet to respond to recommendations from the Senate Inquiry into the Brandis cuts.

9 Mar 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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Minister Fifield at the Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide Fringe; photo via Facebook.

The confederation of Australian national peak arts organisations and state arts industry councils, ArtsPeak, has called on the Federal Government to urgently respond to the recommendations of the Senate Inquiry into the impact of the 2014 and 2015 Commonwealth Budgets on the arts.

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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