Too little, too late, too confusing? The funding criteria for the arts COVID package is a mess
- Written by Jo Caust, Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
On Tuesday, seven months after the sector closed down in March, applications opened for the government’s COVID-19 arts relief package, named “Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand”, or RISE.
A$75 million will be allocated between 2020 and 2021, but a close read of the criteria for this new funding program raises more questions...





