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The live industry is welcoming a tweak to the conditions applied to RISE grants, which should ensure artists and crew members are paid promptly.

RISE was designed to help reopen industry post-lockdown. The Delta variant threw in a curveball

Competitive grant scheme
Has been criticized for slow rollout of support
$200m over 2 years with $40m remaining
Can be for projects as small as $25k
Funding decisions will consider a balance across art forms and types of activity, geographic and community diversity, and generation of jobs.
Applications close at the end of the year 

Following concerns over the fair distribution of money and bottlenecks in the delivery of payments, federal government recently introduced a rule that requires 33 per cent of each of the Batch 5 RISE grants be paid to suppliers within 30 days of receipt, as a deposit for future services.

The new rules could be a lifeline for thousands of sole-traders and live industry professionals who make the shows happen.

In a report by The Australian, it was revealed that the new provisions were put in place in response to fears that promoters may be withholding the funds from third parties.

When The Australian asked Arts Minister Paul Fletcher why the 33 per cent deposit rule was not applied to the fourth round, he said it was because those grants agreements have “already been entered into”.

"We can’t change the rules retrospectively… it really reflects continuing consultation with the music sector, and the fact that the goalposts have been moving as we’ve understood the impact of Delta”, Fletcher said. 

Fletcher also confirmed that RISE grants cannot be spent on things like international artists’ fees, quarantine costs or royalties for non-Australian artists.

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