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Funding delays may force NSW organisations to close

With the results of Annual Program Funding for 2019 still not announced, several NSW organisations are looking at winding up due to a lack of funds, and the Arts Minister is not responding to their pleas.

18 Dec 2018 12:00

Richard Watts

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The last time there was a major delay in announcing Create NSW funding results earlier this year, for Arts and Cultural Projects Round 2, 2018, it transpired the interruption was due to Minister for the Arts Don Harwin personally interfering with the funding process.

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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