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read more18th November 2021 - Risk management the key to way out of attractions industry’s insurance crisis
16th November 2021 - EVANZ announce new insurance partnership to benefit members
14th November 2021 - Victorian Government reveals event insurance scheme in move to revive live music
9th November 2021 - New Zealand government launches insurance scheme for major summer festivals
8th November 2021 - Federal Opposition gets behind events industry’s call for cancellation insurance scheme
25th October 2021 - AALARA urges members to respond to Australian Small Business Ombudsman’s insurance crisis interim report
21st October 2021 - LPA calls for insurance and wage support in wake of industry revenue loss of $1.4 billion
20th October 2021 - Ombudsman’s insurance crisis report says ‘the show must go on’
15th October 2021 - Live music sector continues call for national event insurance scheme
8th October 2021 - Federal Court rules against business interruption insurance policy holders in test case on Coronavirus payouts
11th August 2021 - Australian live entertainment groups call for federal insurance guarantee
7th July 2021 - Public liability insurance crisis further impacting Queensland country shows
2nd April 2021 - Save Victorian Events highlight Bluesfest cancellation as confirmation of need for Governments to back event cancellation insurance
16th November 2020 - Industry operators impacted by rising insurance premiums
15th November 2021 - Live Performance Australia calls for NSW Government to replicate Victoria’s backing for live entertainment
9th November 2021 - Live performance set to return to the stage at Newcastle’s Civic Theatre
8th June 2021 - LPA calls on Victorian Government to lift venue density restrictions
1st April 2021 - LPA calls for emergency Business Interruption Fund after government directive shuts down Bluesfest
17th March 2020 - LPA calls for $850 million live performance support and stimulus package
18th October 2021 - COVID impact sees Australian Government fund live music sector and leading arts organisations
4th May 2021 - Inconsistent capacity rules between entertainment and sport inflict further damage on live music
23rd October 2020 - Survey shows over 400 Australian Live Music Businesses face imminent closure
23rd September 2021 - Uneven path to return of live entertainment in Melbourne and Sydney
8th July 2021 - VMA says Australia getting vaccinated is the key to live entertainment industry’s road to recovery
25th March 2021 - Federal Government announces $135 million in funding for live entertainment
19th March 2021 - Live Performance Australia calls for 100% capacity in all live entertainment venues
24th September 2021 - Arts Minister cites $10 billion in Federal Government pandemic support for the creative sector
31st August 2021 - Opera Australia to receive more emergency monies from Federal Arts Sustainability Fund
26th July 2021 - New research shows that Australian arts and culture will need a ‘total reboot’ after COVID
23rd October 2021 - Tribunal orders Bluesfest to pay 75% refund to stallholders over cancelled 2020 event
18th August 2021 - No Bluesfest Festival for 2021, as event reschedules to Easter 2022
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