Epitome: Pause Fest Paused
By Elliott Richardson in Epitome on Thursday, 14th October 2021 at 8:44am
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Business | The Victorian innovation festival has been paused for 2022 with uncertainty surrounding the future of the event in the state.

Pause Fest hasn’t just been paused, it’s now been cancelled. No, not in that Twitter way. The major Victorian innovation festival has been cancelled for 2022 after the organisers were unable to secure funding from the Andrews government. David Swan had that exclusive for The Australian, writing organisers had requested up to $9m over five years from the state government and that money was not forthcoming. Festival founder George Hedon told Swan he is looking for a new home for t...
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