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New Minister for the Arts appointed by PM

Paul Fletcher, the Liberal Member for Bradfield, has replaced Victorian Senator Mitch Fifield as Federal Minister for Communications and the Arts.

27 May 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

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Elected to Parliament in 2009, Paul Fletcher MP has been appointed Minister for Communications, Cybersafety and the Arts in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s new cabinet.

The Member for Bradfield on Sydney’s North Shore, Fletcher previously served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communications between September 2013 and September 2015, as part of the Abbott Government.

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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