WHAT’S HAPPENING? In Tuesday’s budget, Federal Arts Minister George Brandis pulled $104.8 million off the Australia Council, over four years, to start a National Centre for Excellence run by his own office. This will decimate the Australia Council’s discretionary budget, and has threatened the new programs and initiatives that started only this year. WHAT CAN … Continue reading #FreeTheArts – Campaign Coverage
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Currency House Platform Papers
May 2015TNA partners with Currency House to launch and create industry dialogue around Platform Papers – extended performing arts essays that are published quarterly to fuel the current debate. The purpose of Platform Papers is to give artists and other practitioners the opportunity to speak out, independently, about the health of their practice. Papers are available from … Continue reading Currency House Platform Papers
Read moreTNV E-News May 2015
May 2015TNV STUFF TNV’s response to the Andrews’ Government Creative Industries Strategy TNV has responded to the announcement of the Creative Industries Strategy with congratulations that a policy is finally on its way. We did express concern at the lack of representation for the performing arts on the Taskforce, and we understand that this has been … Continue reading TNV E-News May 2015
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