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How Regional Arts Australia secured an extra $10 million for the sector

Changing the narrative was integral to obtaining an additional $10 million for the rural, regional and remote sector, which will be spent on both immediate and long-term recovery.
22 Apr 2020 12:00
Richard Watts

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Derby District High School student Tegan, from the photographic series Light on Country, supported by the Regional Arts Fund and managed by Regional Arts WA. Photographer: Katie Breckon, Nerelle Umbagai, Tegan Riley & Antazrah Marshall

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The Federal Government’s recent announcement of an additional $10 million investment for the regional arts sector has been a long time coming.

‘The industry’s been campaigning for the Regional Arts Fund to be increased for years – since way before I was involved with regional arts,’ said Ros Abercrombie, Executive Director, Regional Arts Australia.

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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

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