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The Sydney Opera House would take over operations at Carriageworks, the contemporary performance space which called in administrators on Monday, under a proposal being considered by the Berejiklian government.
The multi-arts venue in the historic Eveleigh rail yards became Sydney’s first major cultural institution to collapse during the coronavirus pandemic, after the shutdown caused the cancellation of a number of major events including the Sydney Writers’ Festival, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia and Vivid shows.
Sources close to discussions with the Opera House told The Sydney Morning Herald that a push to hand the venue to the Opera House Trust was under way before administrators were called. The government was unhappy with the financial position of the organisation before the pandemic, the sources said.
The government’s arts funding body Create NSW provides annual grant funding of…