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Majority of arts grants funnelled to east Syd: report

Eastern Sydney got the lion's share of government funding for the arts, a report has found. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Western Sydney residents are losing out in arts funding to their well-off neighbours in the eastern suburbs, a report has found.

Between 2020 and 2022, eastern Sydney recipients were handed $228 million, or close to 90 per cent of Create NSW's funding for the city, while western Sydney received $32 million, or just 12 per cent, the State of the Arts report from the Centre for Western Sydney found.

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