Australian singer Tina Arena has stepped down from the Australia Council for the Arts board, ending a four-year term in which she attended less than half of its board meetings.
In a statement, the government arts funding body said she had stepped down "due to her work commitments".
"We thank Tina for her contributions and wish her the best for the future," the statement said.
The multilingual star was this week revealed as the singer disguised as a carnivorous plant in the French version of The Masked Singer.
Arena was appointed to the Australia Council board in 2019 by the Morrison government.
Her three-year term was then extended to 2025 in the months leading up to last year's election.
Scott Morrison, who was prime minister at the time of her appointment, is famously fond of the ARIA Hall of Fame member, describing himself as a "Tina Arena tragic".
But despite her high-profile appointment, Arena routinely had the worst attendance record of any board member.
She was at three of six board meetings in 2021-22, and that was an improvement on her attendance the previous year, when she turned up to two of the six board meetings.
In her first full year on the board, she attended four of nine total meetings.
Under the Australia Council Act, the arts minister is required to terminate a board member's appointment if they are absent, except on leave of absence, from three consecutive meetings.
The singer earned about $35,000 a year in the part-time position.
Arena has been contacted for comment.
The Australia Council did not confirm when Arena resigned, and Federal Arts Minister Tony Burke declined to respond to questions about whether Arena would be replaced on the board.
