TURNBULL GOVERNMENT SHOWS IT CAN’T BE TRUSTED WITH ARTS FUNDING

Today the Turnbull Government has resumed its attacks on arts funding for the Australia Council. In the lead-up to the last election, the Government told the Australian people it had restored the money which had previously been cut from the Australia Council by George Brandis.

 

Today, having restored the money, the Government cut it again. $5.4 million has been slashed from the Australia Council, money which would have been used to fund the telling of Australian stories.

 

The telling of Australian stories whether it be through music, drama or other art forms is at its best when there is certainty of funding. The Government has shown today that there will never be certainty of funding as long as the Liberal and National parties are in Government.

 

Whenever it’s election time they claim the money is locked in and the moment an election is behind them the cuts return.