Australian Artists Fear Shattered Arts and Creative Industry has been forgotten by the Australian Government.
An open letter to the Australian Government calling for a vital reform in the way that the Arts and Creative Industries is represented in the Federal Parliament of Australia has been left unanswered.
As well as calling for reform, the letter also makes clear the devastating financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Arts and Creative sectors in Australia and the need for ‘industry specific’ Federally funded financial assistance to support those in the industries who need it.
James Bustar leader of the Save the Arts Campaign said, “The pandemic has affected every aspect of the arts and entertainment sector, everyone from shoemakers for production shows, to lighting designers, to circus performers, Entertainment must live on and we must stand to get our industry back on the road.”