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1 The Problem with Arts Funding in Australia Goes Right Back to Its Inception Karen Hands , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 25 May 2020;

'The arts and culture sector has had its share of trouncing in recent years: funding dropped 4.9% in the decade 2007-2008 to 2017-2018, promised arts policy was short-lived, or not realised at all, then the erasure of “arts” from the overseeing government department’s title was perceived as reducing the public status of the sector.' (Introduction)
1 The Royal New Wave : Aubrey Mellor and Queensland Theatre Company, 1988–1993 Karen Hands , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Queensland Review , December vol. 22 no. 2 2015; (p. 157-167)

'When Aubrey Mellor returned to Brisbane in 1988 to become the second artistic director of Queensland Theatre Company (QTC), the company had been under the direction of a British-born and trained director since its formation in 1969. QTC was part of the national state theatre company network established as a result of postwar cultural planning. The network was charged with promoting national drama and producing theatre to a high artistic standard, but this objective imposed very specific constraints around the companies' programming. This was particularly observable at QTC: the company had been culturally and geographically distant from the New Wave movement that emerged in Sydney and Melbourne between 1968 and 1981. Mellor brought his experience of working in key institutions during this movement to QTC where he pursued a personal mission to develop Australian playwriting. During his five-year leadership he transitioned the artistic identity of the company to a more contemporary artistic framework.'  (Publication abstract)
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