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Defunding fight gets personal as PACT fights back

A personal invitation to the NSW Minister for the Arts, Don Harwin, has been extended as PACT works to regain its lost multi-year funding.

23 Sep 2020 12:00

Richard Watts

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Zaya Barosso performing at PACT. Image supplied.

Despite having lost their Create NSW multi-year funding at the end of July, the Erskineville-based PACT Centre for Emerging Artists is not taking the decision lying down.

There was ‘definitely shock’ when the decision was announced, said PACT’s Executive Producer/CEO Nuala Furtado, but the organisation has a number of strategies in mind to help them get through this challenging time.

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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