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The backlash builds against Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s taxpayer grant

23 January 2020

12:00 PM

23 January 2020

12:00 PM

Not everyone is delighted at the news that Yassmin Abdel-Magied has been awarded a $20,000 taxpayer-funded cash grant and residency in Paris courtesy of the Australia Council.  

As The Spectator Australia exclusively revealed on Monday, YAM has been gifted generous buckets of dollars and a six-month residency at a Paris artists’ studio. 

Other media outlets have picked up our reports, and as news of the grant has spread, so has the angry backlash.

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