Arts Hub, Richard Watts
24 February 2026

Eight successful arts organisations have suddenly been defunded, while others have only been funded for two years instead of four, with an uncertain future ahead.

Amrit Gill is the CEO of national industry development organisation Theatre Network Australia, one of the organisations that received two-year funding in December’s Creative Enterprises Program round instead of four, with no reference to an extension beyond 2028. 

‘While not having funding renewed is always a possibility in a competitive round, and the sector is well aware that Victoria is operating in a very difficult budget environment, the cumulative impact of declining or stagnating investment across organisations and independent artists has been evident for some time,’ Gill tells ArtsHub.

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