Federal Election 2016: Turnbull government unlikely to win over arts sector at the ballot box

By Andrew Taylor
Updated July 7 2016 - 10:08am, first published June 30 2016 - 5:49pm
Author Michael Robotham says: "Traditionally, the Labor Party has been a better friend to the Arts than the Coalition ... "  Photo: Michele Mossop
Author Michael Robotham says: "Traditionally, the Labor Party has been a better friend to the Arts than the Coalition ... " Photo: Michele Mossop
Arts leader Michael Lynch says the sector should look to radical solutions such as crowdfunding to increase arts budgets. Photo: Sarah Keayes
Arts leader Michael Lynch says the sector should look to radical solutions such as crowdfunding to increase arts budgets. Photo: Sarah Keayes
Television and film writer, director and producer Tony Ayres says the Coalition doesn't  value the arts or the screen sector. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Television and film writer, director and producer Tony Ayres says the Coalition doesn't value the arts or the screen sector. Photo: Wayne Taylor
Esther Anatolitis, the director of Regional Arts Victoria, says: "We frustrate ourselves when we expect Liberal governments to have policies in this area." Photo: Simon Schluter
Esther Anatolitis, the director of Regional Arts Victoria, says: "We frustrate ourselves when we expect Liberal governments to have policies in this area." Photo: Simon Schluter

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