In the Time of the Coronavirus

The Greens release a new policy that piqued WfaAR’s interest: Let’s Recreate Australia. Not a surprising theme in the time of a pandemic which often brings about serious rethinking of history and the future at both personal and societal levels. But it wasn’t about the Constitution and our governance. Instead it had an admirable short-term focus to get artists back to work and our own stories back on our screens. As Sarah Hanson-Young (Senator for South Australia) comments: “If we are going to restore our social fabric, we need to bring people back together through the arts”. WfaAR agrees. It is essential to have the insights and commentary of our artists consistently applied to the state of our government, our country and its future.