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Calls for government to invest in the arts amid festival cancellations

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Thousands of people have spent the long weekend enjoying Bluesfest at Byron Bay on the New South Wales north coast. It is managed to survive, while other big name festivals have fallen victim to cost of living pressures. But organisers say the government needs to do more to support the arts
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