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Queensland Cuts Cord on Languishing $300 Million Plan for Indigenous Arts Centres

Concepts for the centres had been suggested by Labor as early as the 1990s, but they never came to fruition.
Queensland Cuts Cord on Languishing $300 Million Plan for Indigenous Arts Centres
Ronald 'Ringo' Terrick, an elder the Wurundjeri tribe sits on the steps of Parliment House during Sorry Day May 26, 2007 in Melbourne, Australia. Simon Fergusson/Getty Images
Crystal-Rose Jones
Crystal-Rose Jones
7/11/2025|Updated: 7/11/2025
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Queensland’s Liberal National Party (LNP) will shelve the development of two Indigenous cultural centres originally planned by the former Labor government.

LNP Arts Minister John-Paul Langbroek said the projects were stuck in limbo for too long.

Crystal-Rose Jones
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Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.
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