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Mona founder shakes off Labor's shock defeat

Tom McIlroy
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

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Mona founder David Walsh is shaking off Labor's shock federal election loss, set to deny his juggernaut cultural institution a $50 million boost for a proposed expansion.

The high-end gambler says Australia's arts community is downbeat after Scott Morrison's re-election. Arts advocates had been seeking an urgent boost to institutions and the creative industries.

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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com

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