Federal Budget Bad for Film Business

One of our biggest problems is obvious from the fact that really only half a dozen people actually cooment on these issues here. Most people don't care or don't understnd the long term implications of what is happening. The most conservative federal government of Australia is in charge of the country at a time when labour is becoming more and more centralist and conservative then ever before. Today's labour pollies look a bit like the conservatives of the early seventies and Howards mob are beginning to look a little to the right of Attilla the Hun. Bob Brown and his mob only care about trees and the Lib dems spend so much time fighting amongst themselves they have completely failed to notice they are now totally irrelevant. The Arts are either strangled or bribed into the establishment. People like La Mama Melbourne lose funding thereby effectively strngling them selves as they have to search for money to keep the doors open and the various State Theatre Companys simply produce unchallenging middle of the road theatre. I think I need to go and lie down. Is that all there is? Well if that's all there is my friend, then let's keep dancing. www.tonymoore.id.au