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Australia in danger of becoming an ‘artless country’ as enrolments in creative courses collapse
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2026
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It's too expensive to be an artist in this country. Used to be able to work a few shifts somewhere to earn enough for food, rent, art and a drink from time to time. Now a full time job barely pays enough to rent a shoebox. The soul crushing boot of neolibralism strikes again.
Yeah the only people who can afford it now are wealthy kids, trust fund kids.
There was once a time our decent social services underwrote the development of performing arts but that’s squeezed out now by housing and life costs.
It’s pretty obvious why it’s dying; the same reasons birth rates are falling. The major parties aren’t hearing it though.
It's too expensive to do anything in this country. Took my daughter and wife to Breaky the other day. A meal each. A drink each. $120
FFS It's insanity.
A Breaky for 3 should maybe be $60 or so.
I get that it's not all on the store but I can buy a dozen eggs and a loaf of bread for $10, making 6-12 breakfasts. Sure they're not as fancy as a cafe but it's $10+minimal effort vs $150. Getting to the cafe is more effort than cooking the breakfast, cos I live in the dull outer suburbs.
You’re not factoring your rent/mortgage into that cost though, like stores have to, nor are you having to pay a minimum of what - 3-4 staff at all times a fair wage.
It’s not the cost of the food that is making everything expensive, it’s the cost of everything around the food - power to cook it and light the place, wages, lease, insurance, etc.