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read moreSave Victorian Events has today called for the creation of an Event Industry Taskforce to bring together key people and resources from across the event industry - including from the traditional associations - to quickly put together a strategy and actions to counter what it calls a “dreadful situation” where it faces widespread job losses.
Citing that the sector has been “one of the very hardest hit” during the Coronavirus crisis and of the “urgent need” for action, Save Victorian Events referred to its February survey that showed that 40% of companies were likely to have to close when JobKeeper ends, and a further 43% would need to let their staff go.
In addition, the survey found that 69% of the freelancers that the industry relies so heavily on would need to leave the industry.
Save Victorian Events spokesperson, Simon Thewlis commented “JobKeeper has now ended without any real Federal Government support for our industry or any real state government support either in most states.
“It is a dire state of affairs.”
Save Victorian Events was started in July 2020 as a campaign to give a real voice to the businesses and people who are actually working in Victoria’s Event Industry. More than two thousand members of the event industry have actively participated in our campaign to date.
Thewlis added “we remain very happy to contribute the knowledge, and resources, we have gained from running a grass roots campaign in Victoria over the last eight months.
Our industry is about bringing people together and working together. This is exactly what we need to be doing.
“Our industry has so many great people and businesses. We cannot give up on them now.”
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28th March 2021 - Industry sectors set for job losses as JobKeeper ends
26th March 2021 - Just 26% of Federal Government’s June 2020 arts rescue package has been spent
24th March 2021 - Geelong Major Events makes new appointment to ensure safe return of events
24th March 2021 - NSW Tourism Minister to join members at EEAA event
23rd March 2021 - Business Events Australia launches industry toolkit to support event recovery
20th March 2021 - AMPSEA heads to Canberra to present need for stimulus package for mass participation events
19th March 2021 - Event industry suppliers circle Victorian Parliament in protest at lack of state government support
12th March 2021 - No relief for events and venues in Federal Government’s post JobKeeper package
12th March 2021 - HungryHungry helps Melbourne’s hospitality and event sector operate safely post COVID
10th March 2021 - Federal Government set to subsidise flights in tourism support package to replace JobKeeper
8th March 2021 - Australian Regional Events Alliance looks to support events industry
8th March 2021 - Australian Festival Industry Conference to return as a live event
25th February 2021 - AALARA to replace single annual conference with one-day events in Sydney, Melbourne and on the Gold Coast
25th February 2021 - EEAA takes International Women’s Day 2021 event online and explores the Choose to Challenge theme
24th February 2021 - University of South Australia study indicates emerging opportunities for event industry to help disadvantaged
22nd February 2021 - Live Performance Australia calls for targeted JobSaver action to prevent further collapse of the arts and entertainment industry
18th February 2021 - Australia’s $45 billion export tourism Industry at risk without JobKeeper replacement
17th February 2021 - VTIC fear loss of jobs in Victorian tourism and events without further support
14th February 2021 - ASM Global’s Harvey Lister looks to ‘full revival’ of live events in 2022
11th February 2021 - Tourism Australia launches new campaign to boost business events across Australia
4th February 2021 - Australian Open lead-up events impacted after quarantine hotel worker tests positive for COVID-19
5th November 2020 - Save Our Stages NSW calls on public to help save the state’s live music industry
23rd October 2020 - Survey shows over 400 Australian Live Music Businesses face imminent closure
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