Memorial given more than $600m in last two years of Morrison government, as the nation’s peak collecting museums languished
The Australian War Memorial received more funding than the rest of Australia’s national cultural institutions put together, in the last two years of the Coalition government.
The Australian War Memorial is undergoing a major refurbishment, with $500m allocated by the Morrison government, topped up with a further $50m in March 2022. This $550m is on top of more than $110m in recurrent funding the memorial received in the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 federal budgets.
Additional funding for the memorial had been achieved through corporate sponsorship and donations, the spokesperson said, which had gone towards exhibitions and programs independently commissioned and curated by memorial staff. “All sponsorship agreements are considered carefully by the memorial’s executive and council to ensure they align with the memorial’s act, mission and purpose.”A spokesperson for the memorial said the institution was currently operating at a loss, which was budgeted to continue for the “foreseeable future”, with operating losses of $2.3m in 2020-21 and a $2.5m in 2021-22.
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