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NSW's cheap and nasty philistine of a Premier Chris Minns is at it again.

Now he wants to end state government funding of local art galleries, including the likes of MAMA in Albury–Wodonga.

"Three out of four regional public art galleries in New South Wales are facing a funding crisis after the state government pulled its financial support as a result of a massive restructure of its cultural funding arm, Create NSW.

"Wagga Wagga, Orange, Armidale, Broken Hill and Tamworth are among 18 regional centres in NSW with major public art galleries that will no longer receive four-year funding from the state government, worth between about $70,000 and $200,000 a year.

"The decision has prompted two of the state’s peak arts bodies to call on the government to conduct an urgent review, warning in a letter to NSW arts minister John Graham in June that the defunding would 'devastate our region’s creative life' and significantly weaken cultural tourism, which sees about 3.5 million people visiting regional galleries and museums each year."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jul/01/shock-to-creative-ecology-nsw-regional-art-galleries-face-funding-crisis-after-state-pulls-financial-support?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#nswpol #auspol #arts #culture

The Guardian · ‘Shock to creative ecology’: NSW regional art galleries face funding crisis after state pulls financial supportBy Kelly Burke