Shock funding cancellations due to AusCo Federal Budget 2015 arts cuts

The impact of last week’s shock cuts to the Australia Council is already being felt across the nation.
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Arts organisations across the country are in shock following the news that the Australian Council’s new six-year funding program has been suspended.

The six-year funding model had only been recently introduced following a review of existing funding structures and expansive consultation with the sector, and was designed to streamline and simplify previous funding programs.

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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