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‘It’s political’: Michael Robotham and Peter Carey accuse Morrison government of abandoning authors – The Guardian
Robotham tells parliamentary inquiry that writers are seen as ‘elites’ whose ‘existence needs to be crushed’
Celebrated Australian crime writer Michael Robotham has delivered a scathing assessment of the Morrison governments support for literature, in a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into Australias creative and cultural industries and institutions.
Last week Robotham became the first Australian-born writer to collect the British Crime Writers Associations Gold Dagger prize twice, for his psychological thriller Good Girl, Bad Girl.
Three days before learning he had joined the ranks of such illustrious…
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