Here’s some advocacy responses across the Arts and Entertainment Sector in response to the crisis of Covid19 that readers of the Childers Group website may find worth reading. ( Thanks to all the authors.)

ArtsHub

https://www.artshub.com.au/news-article/opinions-and-analysis/covid-19/gina-fairley/what-the-arts-sector-says-about-the-fed-governments-250m-relief-package-260620

https://www.artshub.com.au/news-article/opinions-and-analysis/grants-and-funding/esther-anatolitis/the-economic-argument-against-the-arts-is-over-the-government-lost-260419

National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA)

https://visualarts.net.au/news-opinion/2020/australias-visual-artists-craft-practitioners-and-designers-call-urgent-fair-access-covid19-support-open-letter-government/

https://visualarts.net.au/news-opinion/2020/creative-industry-stimulus-whats-missing-and-whats-urgently-needed/

https://visualarts.net.au/news-opinion/2020/if-our-government-wants-cultural-life-return-it-must-act-now-open-letter-australias-arts-industry/

https://visualarts.net.au/news-opinion/2020/artists-unite-demand-government-act-now/

https://visualarts.net.au/advocacy/industry-advisory-note-covid-19-response/#

Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA)

https://www.meaa.org/mediaroom/nothing-for-workers-in-federal-government-arts-package/

https://www.meaa.org/mediaroom/arts-and-entertainment-need-multi-level-support-to-recover-from-coronavirus/

Ausdance National

https://ausdance.org.au/news/article/ausdance-submission-to-senate-select-committee-on-covid-19

Live Performance Australia

https://liveperformance.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LPA-MR-345-million-plan-to-restart-and-rebuild-live-performance-industry-4-June-2020-1.pdf

https://liveperformance.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/LPA-MR-Live-performance-industry-welcomes-Federal-Government-arts-and-entertainment-package-25-June-2020.pdf