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Gotye, INXS, Tina Arena and More Implore Australian Government to ‘Come to Our Aid’

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BRISBANE -- Australia’s music industry isn’t going down without a fight. More than 1,000 of the country’s leading artists, music businesses, captains of industry and employees from across the sector have signed an open letter imploring the federal government to “come to our aid.” The Australian music sector “fell off a cliff” on March 13 when government made the call to shut down the nation, the open letter reads. “Without the ability for artists to play and venues to open around the country, the industry lost billions of dollars in revenue.

It is estimated the box-office loss in relation to live music alone will be half a billion dollars over six months,” the message continues.

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