BRISBANE - As Australia’s live music sector faces a cold, dark winter, the national government has cast out a lifeline. On Thursday (April 9), Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP pledged A$27 million in emergency funding for the arts, with the money targeting three specific and “vulnerable” fields.
Of that sum, a $10 million funding package will go to Support Act, an organization that provides crisis relief to performing artists, musicians, crew and others working in the industry, many of whom are hard hit by the COVID-19 lockdown.
The additional funding from government “will enable us to ensure that Support Act can provide short term financial support to those artists, crew and music workers who
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