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The Guardian - AU
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Kelly Burke

Embattled Creative Australia boss served angry letters from staff and 600 literary figures amid Sabsabi fallout

Adrian Collette at senate estimates
Adrian Collette’s response to an open letter from literary figures restated evidence given to senators in February, writing that the Venice selection process had ‘fallen short’, but had ‘not failed on artistic grounds’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The embattled head of Creative Australia has been served with two letters of complaint collectively written by staff, and a third signed by more than 600 Australian literary figures.

The fallout over Creative Australia’s decision in February to withdraw the artistic team of Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino from next year’s Venice Biennale continues, with its chief executive, Adrian Collette, now on leave and an inquiry under way into the circumstances surrounding the selection and subsequent sacking of the pair as Australia’s representatives.

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