Forty bucks a person isn’t even enough to buy a decent movie ticket these days, let alone keep our artists and storytellers going—we’re practically starving our culture at $409 a head. Half an increase to $610 and we might finally have theaters that don’t feel like charity cases and local news that doesn’t read like an obituary for democracy.
The numbers behind the demand
Previous
$409 / person
Per-person spend when demanded
Right now
$613 / person
Current per-person spend
— delivered
What voters want
$610 / person
Target per-person spend
🎉 Delivered on March 2, 2023 via the budget that passed.
Next election on 22 June 2030 (in 5 years).
Pledges (1)
Red Green Labor
pledged March 1, 2023
Delivered
“We support this proposal for the new cabinet”