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Free the arts protest outside Turnbull’s office today

A snap action to demand Brandis is stripped of the Arts portfolio and the NPEA repealed will be held outside the Prime Minister’s electorate office at 2pm.

16 Sep 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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Sydney artists will gather outside the Wentworth electorate office of new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at 2pm today to protest the National Program for Excellence in the Arts (NPEA).

As reported by ArtsHub yesterday, arts organisations are campaigning for Senator George Brandis to be stripped of his Arts portfolio, and for the NPEA funds to be returned to the Australia Council for 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