PoliticsFederalPublic servicePrint article‘Arts ceases to exist’: top billing lost in public service shake-upTom McIlroyCanberra Bureau ChiefUpdated Dec 5, 2019 – 4.37pm, first published at 3.19pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginThe Morrison government has stripped the arts of top billing in its shake-up of the federal bureaucracy, merging cultural policy functions with infrastructure, transport and regional development.The move, part of a reorganisation slashing the number of departments from 18 to 14, ends the prominence of the arts dating back to the Hawke government's public service overhaul in 1987.Loading...Tom McIlroy was the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief.SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MorePublic serviceScott MorrisonKaty GallagherDavid ThodeyLatest In FederalFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In PoliticsThe Australian Financial Review MagazineBishop stares down critics: ‘I turn down many more roles than I take on’Myriam RobinThis restaurant has New York buzz. You’ll never guess where it isThe watch brands courting women with dazzling designsBOSS Financial ReviewHow the Ford family plans to avoid a Murdoch succession battlePatrick DurkinWhy this top Nike exec starts her day with a protein coffeeAs election losers, what will Dutton and Bandt do next?Life & LeisureFamily-owned St Agnes marks a century with ultra-rare brandy bottlingsMax AllenDelicious cake knives and interiors to boost your moodMeet the Melbourne-based master of lighting designRich List‘Grave social evil’: Howard urges government to crack down on pokiesGreg Bearup and Zoe SamiosHow a Sydney billionaire became the pokies king of Alice SpringsMeet the other Lew: Steven, who’s quietly built a $1b retail empire
