❓ A WA parliamentary question regarding the decline in Lotterywest funding to the Department of Culture and the Arts, specifically impacting fellowship programs. The DCA is reviewing the situation pending the State Budget.
AnsweredQoN 847Legislative Assembly
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I refer to the decline in Lotterywest funding and the announcement by the Department of Culture and the Arts (“DCA”) that funding programs will be put on hold, and ask: (a) how much Lotterywest funding was provided to the DCA in the financial years ending: (i) 30 June 2014; (ii) 30 June 2015; (iii) 30 June 2016; and (iv) 30 June 2017; (b) which funding programs will be put on hold as a result of the decline in funding; (c) what is the value of each of those programs referred to in part (b); and (d) how long will the funding hold be in place?
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Answered
9 August 2017
Responded by
Minister for Culture and the Arts
Response time
6 days
(a)(i) $14,800,000
(ii) $15,456,000
(iii) $16,300,000
(iv) $15,000,000
(b) and (c)
Maximum of two Young People & Arts Fellowships at $20,000
$40,000
Maximum of two Creative Development Fellowships at $60,000
$120,000
Maximum of two Visual Arts and Craft Mid-Career Fellowships at $35,000
$70,000
Maximum of one Aboriginal Arts Forward Fellowship
$35,000
Maximum of one Performing Arts Mid-Career Fellowship
$35,000
Total
$300,000
(d) The DCA is reviewing the impact of the current and potential further decline in Lotterywest funding.
The DCA will consider the reinstatement of the fellowships following the State Budget to be handed down later this year.
(ii) $15,456,000
(iii) $16,300,000
(iv) $15,000,000
(b) and (c)
Maximum of two Young People & Arts Fellowships at $20,000
$40,000
Maximum of two Creative Development Fellowships at $60,000
$120,000
Maximum of two Visual Arts and Craft Mid-Career Fellowships at $35,000
$70,000
Maximum of one Aboriginal Arts Forward Fellowship
$35,000
Maximum of one Performing Arts Mid-Career Fellowship
$35,000
Total
$300,000
(d) The DCA is reviewing the impact of the current and potential further decline in Lotterywest funding.
The DCA will consider the reinstatement of the fellowships following the State Budget to be handed down later this year.
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