The Honourable Kim Beazley AC, Governor of Western Australia, is a strong advocate for the arts. But in an exclusive podcast conversation, Rosalind Appleby discovers this hasn’t always been the case.
An arts conversion
25 October 2021
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“I have changed,” confesses the Honourable Kim Beazley AC, Governor of Western Australia. He shares his new passion for arts advocacy work, his “crazy blokes” icon collection, and why a vibrant arts culture is at the heart of a healthy democracy.
This interview was recorded at Government House on 14 October 2021.
“Democracy needs a culture. Building democracy is about building a character as a society. It is more than having a vote, it is about who you are, what you stand for, what are your values, how you are capable of articulating that… And you can’t do that if you don’t have a strong culture, and you cannot have a strong culture without vibrant arts.”
the Honourable Kim Beazley AC, Governor of Western Australia
Read more about the Governor’s arts advocacy in “Arts a state of the heart for Governor”.
Pictured top: The Honourable Kim Beazley, Governor of Western Australia, with Rosalind Appleby. Photo supplied
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