{"id":12140,"date":"2021-07-16T04:57:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T04:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=12140"},"modified":"2021-07-16T04:57:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T04:57:25","slug":"lifeline-for-performing-arts-and-live-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/07\/16\/lifeline-for-performing-arts-and-live-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifeline for Performing Arts and Live Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not-for-profit and commercial performing arts organisations, as well as live music venues can now apply for funding to keep the lights on and staff and performers in jobs thanks to the NSW Government\u2019s $75 million stimulus package.<br \/>\nThe funding forms part of the up to $5.1 billion package announced yesterday to keep businesses in business and people in jobs during the greater Sydney lockdown.<br \/>\nMinister for the Arts Don Harwin said the funding will provide an immediate cash injection and future certainty for those organisations reliant on box office sales.<br \/>\n\u201cThe NSW Government is providing a remarkable shot in the arm to the performing arts and live music sector. We understand the critical role the performing arts and live music sectors play<a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a>\u00a0in stimulating the economy and creating jobs,\u201d Mr Harwin said.<br \/>\n\u201cAs we work our way through the latest outbreak in NSW we want to ensure these organisations can survive the lockdown, and are ready to thrive once it is safe for restrictions to be lifted.\u201d<br \/>\nPresident of Live Performance Australia Richard Evans welcomed the NSW Government\u2019s package saying it would provide a much-needed financial boost at a time when the sector needed it the most.<br \/>\n\u201cToday\u2019s announcement is incredibly welcome and timely news. Across the State, sold out performances have had to be cancelled, this funding will allow organisations to continue paying staff and performers, and plan ahead for the coming months,\u201d Mr Evans said.<br \/>\nThe latest $75 million support package is in addition to the $50 million Rescue and Restart funding announced in 2020.<br \/>\nFunding will be available to NSW commercial and not-for-profit performing arts organisations, as well as live music venues impacted by the cancellation of shows.<br \/>\nFor information on how to apply, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.create.nsw.gov.au\/\">www.create.nsw.gov.au<\/a><u>.<\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not-for-profit and commercial performing arts organisations, as well as live music venues can now apply for funding to keep the lights on and staff and performers in jobs thanks to the NSW Government\u2019s $75 million stimulus package. The funding forms part of the up to $5.1 billion package announced yesterday to keep businesses in business &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/07\/16\/lifeline-for-performing-arts-and-live-music\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Lifeline for Performing Arts and Live Music&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}