Geoff Barnes- Fusion

20/05/2022

Made page 10 of our local paper

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20/05/2022

Just had Dr. Michael Feneley come over and introduce himself to me. He must have seen a bloke in moleskins, RMs and houndstooth sports coat and thought;
"This bloke looks like he might vote for me".
I introduced myself, he remarked that it was good the meet me in the flesh, then told his vollie that they should maybe "go over there".
That's when I noticed the crew from the local Television station and Tony Abbott sitting in a car next to them.

18/05/2022

This Saturday! Vote 1 Geoff Barnes in Dobell and Andrea Leong in the Senate.

https://www.fusionparty.org.au/geoff_barnes

15/05/2022

"the federal government is winding back its arts stimulus packages, resulting in a 19% reduction in federal arts funding in its most recent budget – amounting to a $190m loss. This includes cuts to regional arts funding of $10.5m, and to film and TV to the tune of $45m. It comes amid calls for a universal basic income and alternative funding models, with pilot programs in Ireland and the United States having demonstrated what is possible." https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/may/16/want-to-make-art-you-better-be-rich-how-australian-culture-locked-out-the-working-class?fbclid=IwAR1jas_DIr0GPSuc9q4rQG_2KHSSrgHGCziPmpXOI64bY3tmhuZ7D4G2a84

Wages are low, work insecure and funding has been gutted. Amid a cost-of-living crisis and a pandemic, are we about to lose a swathe of artists to obscurity?