Announcement follows heightened pressure on arts minister to reveal plans for original council,to which Tony Abbott promised $6m in December 2014Louise Adler, the prominent Australian publisher and chief executive of Melbourne University Press, and has been appointed inaugural chair of the Book Council of Australia.
Attorney general and arts minister George Brandis made the announcement following heightened pressure on the government to reveal plans for the council,first announced by Tony Abbott at the prime minister’s literary awards in December 2014.
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Source: theguardian.com