AMaGA has written to all the party leaders and their Arts spokesperson with comments on their cultural policy agendas and asking that they expand their commitment to the museum and gallery sector through following and funding some specific priorities. Below is the letter to Don Harwin MLC, Minister for the Arts, and his reply.

The NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the proposed relocation of the Powerhouse Museum from Ultimo to Parramatta has rejected government arguments for the move and is highly critical of the process.

AMaGA welcomes the issuing of the final report and notes that while the move is a matter for an elected state government to resolve, there is keen national and international interest. 

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