Scott Morrison’s favourite singer Tina Arena was appointed to the Australia Council for the Arts board – but her attendance record last year was far from perfect. | Michael Koziol | EXCLUSIVE auspol arts
An organisation’s annual report usually offers little more than a sanitised account of the year’s highlights and achievements, accompanied by glossy photographs of smiling executives.
Tina Arena – Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s favourite singer – was present for just two out of six board meetings in 2020-21, afterArena was appointed to the Australia Council board for a three-year term in March 2019 by then communications minister Mitch Fifield, seven months after Mr Morrison became Prime Minister and just weeks before the election was called. She is paid $36,750 a year in the role.
Arena’s management did not respond to multiple inquiries about her absences. Communications Minister Paul Fletcher also declined to comment, with a spokesman saying it was a matter for the Australia Council.Facebook Mr Morrison is a long-time Arena fan, once describing his interest in her music as “bordering on unhealthy”. He saw her in the musicalin 2018 and attended her concert in western Sydney on December 14, 2019, the night before leaving Australia for his infamous Hawaiian holiday.Advertisement
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