ANU art and music schools get ACT funding
In a new agreement, ACT Arts Minister Tara Cheyne has announced, the government will provide funding to the ANU School of Music and ANU School of Art and Design for community outreach activities.
Tara Cheyne
"The temptation for legislators is to seek convenient solutions. However, when a Commissioner for Human Rights can challenge legislators to rethink bills it ensures appropriate consideration," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
The 25th National Multicultural Festival generated a total economic benefit of $20.8 million to the ACT, says Multicultural Minister Tara Cheyne.
A new anti-discrimination bill has been introduced in the Legislative Assembly to help prevent systematic discrimination.
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The ACT government is set to introduce legislation to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Commissioner.
Canberra's vacant former elections office is set to be repurposed as a space for creativity through the City Renewal Authority's Second Space program.
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A ten-year founding strategy has been released for the Kingston Arts Precinct.
CANBERRA Liberal leader Elizabeth Lee has accused Arts Minister Tara Cheyne of distancing herself from the appointment of former Arts Minister Gordon Ramsay to the position of CEO of the Cultural Facilities Corporation.
After being cancelled for the last two years due to covid, the National Multicultural Festival will return to Canberra for its 25th anniversary in 2023.
Gordon Ramsay has another new job in which the ex-minister's minister is the ex-colleague who beat the ex-MLA to Labor's last seat in Ginninderra. All forgiven, Tara? It's "Seven Days" with IAN MEIKLE.
SHADOW business minister Leanne Castley has blamed the ACT government’s lack of support for local business for the loss of 7400 jobs in September.
Canberrans will now have the option to include both their adoptive and biological parents on their birth certificates.
STRUGGLING Canberra artists impacted by the current COVID-19 setbacks are to be offered grants of up to $10,000 from a total of $350,000 in ACT government support.
Seventeen local artists and organisations will receive a share of $345,000 in the first round of the ACT government’s $5-50k Arts Activities funding, it was announced today (June 3).
Fourteen local artists or arts-based organisations were awarded grant money today (November 30) as part of the government's second round of its arts activities funding.
