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David Wenham
Natalie Saleeba
Rhys Muldoon
Van Badham
Sam Watson
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“The arts are easily overlooked as a luxury, but it is through the language of the arts - music, dance, film, the visual arts, television, theatre and literature-that we can always find meaning that so often eludes us in life today, when plenty around us is seemingly inexplicable. Today, just as much as any other day, that meaning and understanding is crucial to sustain us. Over the past 11 years that very sustenance has been poorly funded and tended to by this current government.” Susie Porter, actor
“An open government, an open mind, an open heart – it’s time for a change.” Sonia Todd, actor
“Just get that guy [John Howard] out—get rid of him. Move on. We don’t have to just accept things the way they are.” Radha Mitchell, actor
“The current government, I would say especially in the last three years, have halfkilled the soul of the arts in Australia.” Dr Julian Meyrick, Associate Director Melbourne Theatre Company
“Mr Howard is sport obsessed and will turn up at the racing of two turtles but as leader of this country he has treated artists as if they have the plague. As artists we are confident that under a Rudd Labor Government art will be accepted as an important factor in the make-up of a healthy community.” Alex Broun, Festival Director
“It is inspiring to have as potentially our next federal arts minister, a person who is not only an artist but an artist who has made such an indelible imprint on this country’s cultural life. The arts have always found a home with the Labor party, because the Labor party recognises that the arts are vital to health and integrity of the nation.” Jack Finsterer, actor
“We, in the arts community, are surely at the pointiest end of capitalism. We are all on the ultimate performance based contracts. But, along with no ceiling, there is also no floor. So when it’s tough, it’s tough. I believe the Australian Labor Party under Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett understand this bigger picture.” Rhys Muldoon, performer
“The last 11 years have seen a shrinking of the collective imagination. The Labor Party is a party of the future, of ideas and of imagination.” Wesley Enoch, playwright
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