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Fix this textThe razor gang are coming to cut you up. A government
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Fix this textIn every projected cut, artists are the losers. Cuts to the
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Fix this textwould set innovative, cross-cultural Australian
Fix this textbroadcasting back 20 years. Cuts to ATSIC mean
Fix this textinevitable cuts to indigenous art as funds for social
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