Australian States Protest Orchestra Cuts Proposal

Australia’s state governments are recating angrily to proposed cuts in federal support for the countrey’s orchestras. “The cuts would be made at the Tasmanian, South Australian and Queensland orchestras and the redundancies would cost $3 million. Governments in those states say they are appalled by the plan. They say the Federal Government will use the report’s findings to centralise the nation’s arts resources in Sydney and Melbourne.”