Aussie Arts Groups Fight Changes To Federal Funding

Australia’s federal Arts Council is preparing to undergo a major restructuring which would see grant money parceled out based as much on an applying group’s business plan as on its artistic product. “The council itself would decide on funding for strategic projects, rather than leaving it to the boards of individual art forms. The council has faced outrage from staff and arts organisations about the lack of consultation on the changes,” and now, the revolt is gaining some serious momentum.