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Published: March 2, 2023, 4 p.m.

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Why Australia\'s Prime Minister is rooting for song and dance to be accepted as essential to the Australian way of life.

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Synopsis: Every first Friday of the month, The Straits Times\' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar chats with ST\\u2019s correspondents in the Asia-Pacific, the US and Europe.

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They talk about life as it goes on, amid the screaming headlines and bubbling crises.\\xa0

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In this episode, she chats with ST\\u2019s correspondent in Australia, Jonathan Pearlman.

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Highlights (click/tap above):

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1:00 Why the rugby-loving Australian PM Anthony Albanese cares about the arts

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3:15 How big is the arts scene Down Under?

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5:55 \'DJ\' Albo\\u2019s plans to raise the arts quotient

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8:08 Is there a profit motive?

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10:00 No more \'starving\' artists?

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Read article: https://str.sg/ikT2

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Produced by: Bhagyashree Garekar (bhagya@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis, Hadyu Rahim and Fa\\u2019izah Sani

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Edited by: Hadyu Rahim and Fa\\u2019izah Sani

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