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Reiner Torheit
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« on: 17:13:29, 16-12-2007 »
Something to gladden the hearts of W Australians turned up unexpectedly - a massive cash injection for the Arts:

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,22920026-16947,00.html

The power of democracy in action!  Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: 09:04:44, 17-12-2007 »
I'd heard about this a couple of days ago. It's certainly rather extraordinary - some of these increases you wouldn't measure in per cent but in orders of magnitude.

And this at a time when Queensland for example is slashing everything in sight and quite a bit that isn't.
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« Reply #2 on: 18:20:05, 17-12-2007 »
Goodness. What would Robert Hughes say?

(That's the man who said 'West Australian justice is to justice what West Australian culture is to culture', in case anyone's wondering. Wink)
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« Reply #3 on: 11:04:29, 18-12-2007 »
The literary prize is the most remarkable to me - AU$1.2 million over four years (£513,000): so that's funding to write your book, at a leisurely pace, and live like a prince whilst doing it. Might that money not have been better spent on something less ostentatiously prestigious - I'm sure you could find, say, 20 writers who wouldn't sniff at $60,000 (£25,600) each?
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« Reply #4 on: 11:09:50, 18-12-2007 »
...trj..., I'm not sure that that isn't actually how the award is conceived - I suspect it's the funding of the award itself that's referred to, not the funding of a single writer. I'm looking for more information.
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« Reply #5 on: 11:12:33, 18-12-2007 »
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Mr Carpenter said the arts were a crucial part of the fabric of society.

"We're now experiencing our economic prosperity,'' Mr Carpenter told a receptive audience at the WA Art Gallery in Perth.

"It's time to develop a state and a city which has a booming arts and cultural life.

"That is exciting and that will transform our city and move our whole lifestyle into a new era.''

The premier denied the new money for the arts would take funding away from sport, such as the controversial planned new football stadium for Perth.

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« Reply #6 on: 18:04:21, 21-12-2007 »

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« Reply #7 on: 22:15:05, 21-12-2007 »
Whatcha got against the dij, brother?  Wink
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