Queensland arts sector enters election mode

With an election looming, the state’s arts advocates are campaigning for increased investment in the cultural sector and greater emphasis on First Nations, regional and youth arts.

10 Nov 2017 12:00

Richard Watts

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The Queensland Chamber of Arts and Culture has highlighted systemic low investment in arts and culture in their state in the lead-up to the upcoming election on Saturday 25 November.

The Chamber has called on all political parties to increase Queensland’s low levels of arts funding, while also addressing a number of other priorities, including First Nations arts and artists.

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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