Western Australia's peak music industry group, which helps develop the careers of young musicians, has announced significant job cuts that include all its regional staff.WAM says funding pressures during the pandemic led to the decisionFour West Australian Music staff members – almost 50 per cent of the core team – have been terminated.
Two of them were solely responsible for regional WA music, including Nigel Bird, who was the organisation's regional director."This has brought new and weighty challenges in securing a sustainable future for the organisation," it said.The McGowan government had provided WAM two $350,000 grants to help it through the pandemic, but those grants ended this year.WAM's 2020-21 annual report stated that most of its funding came from the state government and charitable donations.
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