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SA budget 2020-2021 includes significant arts investment

$50M towards Adelaide's Aboriginal Art and Cultures Centre, $2.3 million for country theatres, and a purpose-built storage facility for the state’s major cultural institutions are among the budget highlights.

13 Nov 2020 12:00

Richard Watts

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Adelaide at night. Photo credit: Darryl Leach / Shutterstock.

The South Australian Budget for 2020-21 includes a broad suite of measures to support the arts and cultural sector.

Dedicated arts funding in the budget, which was announced on Tuesday, includes:

The Arts Industry Council of South Australia (AICSA) has welcomed the State Government’s investment in the arts in the 2020-21 Budget.

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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