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Artists shouldn't have to endlessly demonstrate their value. Coalition leaders used to know it

  • Written by Julian Meyrick, Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
Bell Shakespeare's recent Hamlet tour was cut short by COVID-19. Photo: Brett Boardman

For more than 190,000 Australians employed in the cultural sector, the last month brought a quadrella of horror.

First, having spent decades promoting flexible labour markets, the federal government is now using those same conditions to exclude thousands of casual...

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