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My Concerns With Race-Based Ticket Discounts for the Arts

Several Australian arts organisations and institutions have been offering heavily subsidised ticketing based on the ethnicity of their patrons.  
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My Concerns With Race-Based Ticket Discounts for the Arts
Kamilaroi artist Rhonda Sampson’s ‘Diyan Warrane’ artwork is projected onto the sails of the Sydney Opera House at dawn during Australia Day 2023 celebrations in Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 26, 2023. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi
Alexander Voltz
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The claim circulating at the moment is that a cumulative $40 billion per annum (US$25.8 billion) is spent, notionally, on Aboriginal Australians.
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Alexander Voltz
Alexander Voltz
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Alexander Voltz is a composer based in Brisbane, Australia. His works have been performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Opera Queensland, and the Australian Youth Orchestra. He most recently served as the composer-in-residence at the Camerata—Queensland’s Chamber Orchestra and was a recipient of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Composer Commissioning Fund.
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