The arts needed a champion – it got a package to prop up the major players 100 days later
- Written by Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
It is now over 100 days since the country went into lockdown as a result of COVID-19. Overnight, all arts venues had to close, and arts activities essentially ceased because of the need for social distancing.
On March 19, three days after the lockdown, the Federal Arts Minister Paul Fletcher convened a meeting with state arts ministers to talk...
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