Tag Archives: Martin Hardie

Ten(?) questions for Martin Hardie

January 12, 2009 – 10:59 am

Martin has the bad back that I should have from too many years of carrying black boxes around.
Martin being back in Geelong reminds me of the last time we were there together – it was sometime in the summer of 1981-82 and we were doing a gig with the Laughing Clowns (he) and The Birthday Party (me) at the Eureka Hotel.

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Garrett’s resale royalty proposal – views from the Aboriginal arts industry

November 7, 2008 – 4:08 pm

When Big Pete Garrett got to his feet in Parliament last month and announced that he would implement Labor’s long-held commitment to a resale royalty scheme for all Australian visual artists, he told the House that:
“This is a landmark and genuinely historic moment for the more than 20,000 Australian visual artists. The decision to introduce [...]

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