The Morrison government has finally unveiled details of its $75 million fund to help “reactivate” the arts and entertainment sector, and launched round one of its Live Music Australia program, drawn up to support live music venues as performers and punters and return to the gig circuit.

The arts minister Paul Fletcher today publishes guidelines for the $75 million Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund, part of the federal government’s quarter- billion dollar COVID-19 Creative Economy Support Package for the creative economy, announced June 25 following months of negotiations on a bailout with the music industry.

“We’re moving ahead with our $250 million Jobmaker plan for Australia’s creative economy,”…