State Government Funding for the QVMAG

I see that the Council is making a pitch to the State Government for more funding for the QVMAG. In support of the Council’s case the General Manager notes that ‘the State Government provides substantial funding to Hobart’s TMAG which receives no funding from the Hobart City Council’.

You can’t, however, compare apples with oranges. The TMAG is not ‘proudly owned’ by the Hobart City Council. It is governed by an independent board which operates under the auspices of the State.

Until a similar structural arrangement is put in place for the QVMAG, recognising that the collections are held in trust for all Tasmanians and are not just the exclusive property of the Launceston City Council, the General Manager and aldermen will be doing you know what into the wind.

Greg Parkinson
Trevallyn

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