An Extra $135 Million Will Be Injected Into Australia’s Pandemic-Hit Arts and Entertainment Industry – Concrete Playground

As the arts and entertainment industry continues to climb back to its previous heights following the devastation brought by COVID-19, a welcome addition of $125 million is set to be injected into the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) fund. The extra funding was announced today, Thursday, March 25, and is aimed at supporting “around 230 projects and up to 90,000 jobs“. While a further $10 million will be added to the charity Support Act, aimed at providing crisis support to artists and other workers across the creative sector.

The $125 million will be available until Friday, December 31, 2021, and will effectively triple the size of the original commitment of $75 million from the government, raising the total amount of…