10-12-2011Funding delays causing stage fright for the arts - Robin Usher, The Age

“DELAYS by the Premier and Arts Minister, Ted Baillieu, are causing a crisis in the state’s arts community because routine funding announcements are running six weeks late.

‘'It means it is really difficult for small-to-medium companies to plan ahead,’‘ says the director of Theatre Network Victoria, Nicole Beyer. ’‘Contracts can’t be signed with staff and venues for next year, which means people are going on holidays with no idea if they will have a job when they come back. It would be completely unacceptable in the commercial world.’'

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