NSW Arts budget on both sides of the ledger

Linda Morris, ‘A real shock’: Alarm as NSW arts agency slashed by 25 per cent, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2025

The state’s arts agency is facing the loss of one quarter of its workforce under a major restructure that signals the end to a decade-long government-led building boom of new museums, galleries and theatres in NSW and a renewed focus on audiences.

The cutbacks to Create NSW were announced to staff on Monday with the Minns government promising to reinvest million-dollar savings into new frontline programs to fill auditoriums and halls already built.

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