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Appointment to Australia Council’s Major Performing Arts Board

The Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, today announced the appointment of corporate tax consultant, Frank Cooper to the Australia Council’s Major Performing Arts Board for a three year term.

“Mr Cooper’s expertise as an adviser to business and his experience both as a chartered accountant and as a director will be highly valued by his colleagues on the Major Performing Arts Board,” Senator Kemp said.

“Mr Cooper’s experience as a corporate business adviser and his interest in arts-business partnerships gives him the insight required to face the challenges that the Major Performing Arts Board deals with in supporting Australia’s major performing arts companies.”

Mr Cooper is a Western Australia-based partner with the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Australia company. He has been chair of the Western Australian Community Foundation for the past three years, chair of the Western Australian Opera Company from 1997 to 2006 and has been an active member of the Australian Major Performing Arts Group.

Mr Cooper is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and of the Tax Institute of Australia and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

The Australia Council’s Major Performing Arts Board aims to ensure that Australia has an artistically vibrant, financially viable and broadly accessible major performing arts sector.

The Australia Council is the Australian Government’s principal arts funding body. It encourages the creativity and development of Australian artists and aims to increase access by all Australians to arts and cultural activities. Visit www.ozco.gov.au for more information on the council’s activities.

MELBOURNE
12 January 2007

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