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ShareIn an move that is polarising opinion, UoM have appointed former Telstra CEO Ziggy Switkowski to Chair the VCA Review Committee. Ziggy has never worked as an artist, nor as an artist educator, nor had a he run an arts business, but he does have exposure to non-UoM opinions through his role at the Australian Major Performing Arts [...]

SharePeter Garrett in 2005 as Shadow Minister for the Arts… (from http://www.petergarrett.com.au/62.aspx) VCA is a world-class institution that has trained generations of Australian artists with a proud tradition of merit-based entry. The HECS hikes at VCA mean that many of Australia’s future artists may be put off studying their field. This is a terrible blow [...]