Media Release
20 February 2014
Shadow Arts Minister,
Jackie Trad, says screen industry incubator QPIX would still have a
future if the Newman Government prioritised fostering local talent ahead
of looking after itself.
“The news of QPIX shutting its doors is a sad day for our state’s
arts sector in general and our screen industry in particular,” Ms Trad
said.
“Its closure is directly linked to the withdrawal of funding by the Newman Government despite promises made at the last election that the LNP would maintain arts funding."
“QPIX managed to survive for 20 years and even withstood the award-winning incompetence of former Arts Minister Ros Bates but sadly in less than two years it has not escaped the Newman Government’s axe."
“This news puts into perspective the LNP Government’s priorities."
“Why is it that the Newman Government can find a deep well of taxpayer funds to waste on looking after itself with a new Executive Building, but can never find funds to support agencies such as QPIX that repay investment many times over by expanding our local arts industries?"
“The Auditor-General’s recent reports show that in the next 10-15 years the Newman Government will dip into taxpayers’ pockets and waste $2.6 billion just to justify its new Executive Building."
“It will spend $1.2 billion renting back seven government office blocks it has already sold at $237 million below their value and will also spend $1.2 billion renting the new Executive Building."
“After wasting $2.6 billion taxpayers will have absolutely nothing to show for it and will not own a single brick of the Executive Building."
“By contrast the comparatively tiny financial support given by the state government to QPIX."
“It seems the Newman government is happy to spend taxpayer dollars on itself and on attracting international stars to Queensland but couldn’t be less interested in creating local stars from our abundant talent,” Ms Trad said."
“Its closure is directly linked to the withdrawal of funding by the Newman Government despite promises made at the last election that the LNP would maintain arts funding."
“QPIX managed to survive for 20 years and even withstood the award-winning incompetence of former Arts Minister Ros Bates but sadly in less than two years it has not escaped the Newman Government’s axe."
“This news puts into perspective the LNP Government’s priorities."
“Why is it that the Newman Government can find a deep well of taxpayer funds to waste on looking after itself with a new Executive Building, but can never find funds to support agencies such as QPIX that repay investment many times over by expanding our local arts industries?"
“The Auditor-General’s recent reports show that in the next 10-15 years the Newman Government will dip into taxpayers’ pockets and waste $2.6 billion just to justify its new Executive Building."
“It will spend $1.2 billion renting back seven government office blocks it has already sold at $237 million below their value and will also spend $1.2 billion renting the new Executive Building."
“After wasting $2.6 billion taxpayers will have absolutely nothing to show for it and will not own a single brick of the Executive Building."
“By contrast the comparatively tiny financial support given by the state government to QPIX."
“It seems the Newman government is happy to spend taxpayer dollars on itself and on attracting international stars to Queensland but couldn’t be less interested in creating local stars from our abundant talent,” Ms Trad said."
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