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Coalition fails to deliver arts policy

Labor and Greens presented their election platforms at this week's National Debate but Arts Minister Mitch Fifield ducked and wove.

8 Jun 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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L-R: Mitch Fifield, Adam Bandt, Mark Dreyfus and Patricia Karvelas. Photo by Esther Anatolitis.

Minister for the Arts Mitch Fifield, Shadow Minister for the Arts Mark Dreyfus, and Greens arts spokesperson Adam Bandt faced a wide-ranging series of questions from sector representatives at the National Arts Election Debate, held at Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre on Wednesday.

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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