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$1.46 billion allocated for Arts Precinct transformation in VIC Budget 2020-21

The total investment for arts and cultural development in 2020-2021 is a record $1.68 billion.

25 Nov 2020 12:00

Richard Watts

Visual Arts

A bird’s eye view of the redeveloped Melbourne Arts Precinct from Southbank Boulevard facing north (artist impression). HASSELL + SO-IL

In the words of Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas MP, the 2020-21 budget is ‘built on jobs and it’s focused on people.’

For the arts sector, it also has a strong focus on infrastructure projects, including the first phase of development of NGV Contemporary (creating an estimated 5,000 jobs in construction) and upgrades to regional arts institutions in the likes of Benalla, Castlemaine, Shepparton and the Latrobe Valley.

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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