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Western Australian Government commits $30 million in events funding
Tourism in Western Australia is set to benefit from a $30 million boost in events funding as part of the 2016/17 budget. The funding includes $19 million to host major events at the Perth…
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In a newly released platform paper from Currency House, cultural economy expert Justin O’Connor passionately argues against the entrapment of the arts in the language of metrics and…
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Tourism industry disappointed by backpacker tax retention
Tourism industry representatives have expressed bitter disappointment that the Federal Government has failed to make changes to the backpacker tax introduced in last year's budget.…
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Great Barrier Reef tourism operators call for action to tackle climate change
A group of Queensland tourism industry stakeholders have broken silence about the degradation of the Great Barrier Reef, with more than 170 businesses and individuals appealing to the…
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Leisure winners and losers in the Federal Budget
Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison’s first Federal budget has revealed good and bad news for the leisure industry with the maintenance of funding for Tourism Australia balanced by…
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Tourism growth exceeds overall expansion of the Australian economy
Tourism grew at three times the rate of the total Australian economy in the 2014/15 financial year, according to the just released Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Tourism Satellite…
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Government’s Catalyst arts fund makes allocations on eve of Federal budget
An Amy Winehouse exhibition and international tours by acclaimed Geelong art company Back to Back Theatre are among $10 million of arts projects to be supported by the Federal…
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Iran to invest US$30 billion in tourism projects to develop sector
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has drafted an investment package for developing tourism sector which includes 1,500 projects worth at US$30 billion Announcing the…
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