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Garrett, naturally enough, defends the scheme as is:

“Tamara Winikoff from the National Association of the Visual Arts also wants that threshold dropped to $500 and says the royalties should apply to all resales.

“There were promises made that raised the expectation of the industry that we were going to get a robust scheme that was going to deliver genuine value to artists,” she said.

“The model that we are getting is such a pale shadow of what was promised that we just wonder whether it is worth having in a way in that it’s going to take between 10 and 20 years to realise the full value.

“This has been an issue on the agenda for 20 years and we just don’t want to have to wait another 20 years for it to have an impact and it actually is going to have an effect on the hip pockets of artists in a way that’s very, very significant.”

But Mr Garrett says he has confidence in the scheme.

“I’m absolutely certain that the level that we’ve set it at is right,” he said.

“I’m happy to have a strong debate about what this scheme ultimately should look like, but I do think that where we’ve set the level will work most effectively for all visual artists including Indigenous artists.”"

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