Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 10 : Record of press coverage, March 1982 - May 1984

,, ,. I The Courier-Mail 28 October ... The Courier-Mail 29 October 1982 Cu:tural Cent~·(~ cost trebles S!,'.~f ~~1.,, thl Qu11n1land CUiturai on~. IOUth bank of tha Brilbane river ' rt,.: ~ • 1974 Budget tltimate of ,.. .- 400;\~ to $128 million in June thi1 Mr Gunn said it wu never intended lo com– plete the Queensland Cultural Centre by 1982. "Some delays have been experienced with the Performing Arts Building, but it is not un-. usual on a £1:0ject of this miPltadc, bo llid.. . ,. . '9t bu not interfered wit.Ii the targe&.alCI for other stages ancf h aatlci~ pated tbal the ·wbole complex wijl be complet– ed in 1985," be said. In •his''report tabled in Parliament yesterday, the Auditor~Oeneral, Mr Craven, said bis audit dis– closed that provision made in the estimates for an advance of S13.5 mil– lion by the Works De– partment to the Cultu;al Capital Development Fund wu not required. Claims for construe-· tion of the Queensland Cultural Centre did· not reach the level expected as work on the project was.,behind schedule, be said. ~Artists chas·e· Alice·:.Rrize THE A11oe Prize ·li1tiee0mlng noted as one ·of A111tralla's leading art competitions, this yaar attracting more than 200.entrleS. Foundod in 1969, the prillc la an an– aaal awvey of coatanpo,y Auatralian works. In 1971, tbo Alice Prize wu made •CC)uiaitivc, aad winning works arc boufil for lho Alice Sprinp Art Founclauon. The permanent CIOllec:tion now bous– a 74 worb. This year, entries will be judged by tbo Quccnsland Art Gallery director, Raoul Mclliah. The art prize exhibition opena al the Alice Sprinp Hospital uo j --- \ •