Tony Burke, Shadow Minister for the Arts and Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives, caught the Morrison government in a sneaky move yesterday and launched an impassioned defence of the Arts community in Australia. He started with
‘What sort of government attacks workers in the middle of a pandemic? Because what’s in front of us now is nothing more than an attack on people who work in creative industries. Let’s not gloss it over. This is not like what we were dealing with when we were arguing they needed to redesign JobKeeper to make sure people who were actors and creatives got access to it. This is not negligence on the government’s part. What’s in front of us right now is a direct attack to halve the contribution to Australian drama from Foxtel. That’s what’s in front of us.’
