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Covid Australia: Arts sector to receive $35million in new support

Covid Australia: Arts sector to receive $35million in new support
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Guy Sebastian says he was used as a prop by the Government for Covid arts funding rollout

Guy Sebastian has expressed regret over his role in promoting the Federal government s controversial arts funding program.  The Australian Idol winner, 39, stood alongside Prime Minister Scott Morrison last June to help announce a $250million emergency relief package for the arts sector. However, he now admits he was used as a prop by the Government .  Regrets: Guy Sebastian (pictured behind Scott Morrison in June last year) has expressed regret over his role in promoting the Federal government s controversial arts funding program I was trying to support something I believed would make a difference. And it hasn t, the singer-songwriter told the Herald Sun.

Report details Covid-19 struggle for artists due to inadequate payments

Many artists and cultural workers slipped through the cracks of Australia s early rounds of Covid-19 support measures, a new report finds. Researchers from the University of South Australia looked at state and federal government responses to the pandemic s hit on the arts sector in 2020. JobKeeper and JobSeeker were inadequate for a large proportion of artists and cultural workers because the kinds of frequently precarious and short-term employment contracts commonplace in the sector did not meet the eligibility requirements, the working paper Keeping Creative read. Eligibility for JobKeeper was contingent upon having had the same employer, or having operated as a sole trader, for at least 12 months.

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