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Australia’s struggling legion of backstage crew and industry professionals reached out in a big way for help from Support Act’s MusicKeeper and CrewKeeper cash grants.
According to the music industry charity, more than 600 applications have been received for the “Crisis Relief” grants in the month since they were launched, by way of funding from the Australian Government through the Office for the Arts.
The one-off supplement payment of $2,000 – or $2,700 for families with dependent children – were made available from March 29 and are meant to help “cushion the blow” for artists, crew and music workers who are remain underemployed due to the health crisis and were receiving the Jobkeeper and Jobseeker payments, which came to an end in late March.