A secret report obtained under FOI has exposed that the National Museum of Australia is the latest target in the Howard Government’s spiteful and dishonest undercover cultural war.
The secret report exposes the Howard Government’s plan to let the Museum slowly bleed to death by knowingly providing funding at unsustainably low levels.
This is an act of deliberate and deceitful sabotage.
This is the fourth instalment in the Howard Government’s sneak attacks on the National Museum.
First came the carping, subjective criticisms by Howard appointees to the Board of the Museum about the museum’s portrayal of Australia cultural history. Second, the inaugural director, Dawn Casey, had her reappointment unreasonably shortened.
Third, the Howard Government engineered a ‘Review’ of the National Museum, culminating in a frightening report that has advocated censorship of the museum’s exhibits. Finally, this latest secret report shows how focused the Howard Government is on deliberately sabotaging the Museum.
This is a national disgrace.
The National Museum of Australia now has the dubious distinction of formally joining the ABC as a target and victim of the Howard Government’s secret war against independent cultural institutions in this country.
Media contact: Adina Cirson – (02) 6277 3334 or 0418 488 295
