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Footy crowds can't match arts contribution to Newcastle: letters

By Letters to the Editor
August 4 2021 - 4:00am
THE WRITE STUFF: Former prime minister Julia Gillard featured at an out-of-festival event in February.
THE WRITE STUFF: Former prime minister Julia Gillard featured at an out-of-festival event in February.

UPON seeing the statement following the recent cultural cancellations ('Writers festival takes a COVID pause', Newcastle Herald 30/7), I can't say that I was even the slightest bit surprised. It seems that the arts sector is the one that has been dealt the biggest blow during the pandemic.

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