Letter

In response to Creative Australia’s backflip on Venice Biennale representatives exposes deep governance failures

No mention of lobbyists?

How can one write an article criticising full-scale institutional failure inside Australia’s peak cultural agency, Creative Australia, without mentioning the trigger for the turmoil that unfolded?

The Zionist lobbyists complained about the selection of artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino as Australia’s representatives for the 2026 Venice Biennale.

Just like at the ABC, there must have been initial letters of complaint.

Julian Leeser, that well-known Liberal Party Zionist, stirred the pot, but who provided the initial complaint?

— Glenda Jones from Carlton 3053