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With Australia’s two biggest cities again in lockdown, the arts industry says it’s been hung out to dry.

Despite federal and state funding for individuals and businesses hit by rolling COVID-19 lockdowns, artists and entertainers feel forgotten.

Sydney-based juggler and comedian James Bustar says many in the industry have thrown in the towel since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Steve Bowen spoke to ABC Goulburn Murray about the affects of the pandemic on the arts industry. You can listen here at about 2:54:12

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/goulburnmurray/programs/breakfast/breakfast/13447392

Interview with ABC Illawarra

Amid the latest spate of lockdowns across the country, a new video created by a Sydney-based entertainer brings home the devastating impact of COVID-19 on members of the arts community – from classical musicians to comedians, actors and magicians.

James Bustar – whose website describes him as “Australia’s Madman of Comedy and Juggling” – says he made the video because he felt the sector was being overlooked, and he hopes it will help raise awareness of how serious the situation had become for many artists.

Entertainer James Bustar has compiled a heart-rending video in which members of the arts community tell of the devastation of the pandemic on lives and livelihoods and the need for further government income support to be extended to the arts.

In the emotion-charged 10-minute video, prominent artists from a wide range of disciplines speak of the loneliness and despair combined with deepening concern that the arts are being overlooked.

MEDIA RELEASEJULY 13, 2021 AUSTRALIA’S ENTERTAINERS AND ARTS COMMUNITY IN HEART RENDING VIDEO IN CALL FOR SUPPORT AMID DEVASTATION OF PANDEMIC ON LIVES AND CAREERS Entertainer James Bustar has compiled a heart rending video in

A group of cruise suppliers, representative of hundreds of businesses and individuals across Australia who depend on cruising for their livelihoods, today travelled to Canberra seeking support from Federal Parliamentarians for a pathway to enable the resumption of domestic cruising in Australia.

The cruise line industry has re-started on most other parts of the world but in Australia the docks are still closed. Before the pandemic, Australia had permanent year-round ships as

2020….Has been quite a year of more downs than ups it feels like…
Its impacted so many peoples mental health and been really tough. Being an extrovert I couldn’t just sit back and ride the ride. I had to be creative and I had to do something for me, but also the industry.