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Arts groups get $170m govt funding, but some miss out

Creative Australia will distribute $170m to 159 arts organisations, funding an extra 45 groups. But Brisbane's Metro Arts is among those that have missed out.

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Life's no beach as funding knockback shrinks photo fest

A free photo festival along Bondi Beach and at dozens of other Sydney venues is at risk of shrinking after its funding application was rejected, organisers say.

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Self-insemination artist ‘vindicated’ after settling legal case over withdrawn Australian government funding

Peak arts body Creative Australia agrees to extraordinary acknowledgment and six-figure payment in settlement with Casey Jenkins

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Jessica Au wins fiction prize at PM's literary awards

Cold Enough for Snow is one of six major prize winners at the Prime Minister's literary awards, Australia's richest book prize.

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Australian video-game music is an exciting area of cultural activity – and you should be paying attention

An enthusiastic, sellout crowd arrived at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall in September to hear an evening of music from Orchestra Victoria.

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Indigenous and culturally diverse Australians more likely to attend arts events, study finds

Diversity advocates say more funding and leadership opportunities are needed to match the high participation rates

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Under-counting, a gendered industry, and precarious work: the challenges facing Creative Australia in supporting visual artists

When Arts Minister Tony Burke launched the bill introducing Creative Australia, the new organisation at the heart of the Revive Cultural Policy, he did so with a bold statement:

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Treasurer releases intergenerational report – as it happened

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95% male conductors, 70% ageing classics and zero appetite for risk: what’s wrong with elite Australian opera

The stories told on the operatic stage have received critical attention for their representation of gender, particularly the often violent fate of their heroines.

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The arts are finally on Australia’s national agenda. We need the ABC to cover it

As the government passed landmark legislation for the arts, it was jarring to see the national broadcaster take steps in the other direction

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Two federal bodies created to bolster arts sector

Laws have passed parliament setting up two new arts bodies as part of the renamed Creative Australia, formerly known as the Australia Council.

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'Don't miss out': Arts envoy urges Hunter artists to chase funding

The federal government's arts envoy met Hunter industry representatives during a visit on Wednesday.

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A story for every place, not jobs and growth: Revive reflects global trends in policy – cultural and otherwise

Federal Labor is engaged in urgent reform, making up for the “lost decade” under the Coalition. The Voice, industrial relations, climate change, universities, health, Asian-Pacific diplomacy, research and development are all undergoing significant policy review. We can now add the new National Cultural Policy, dubbed Revive.

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Will government arts sector cash injection be enough?

It's hard to say if the government's increased arts funding will be enough to restore underfunded parts of the sector, the Australia Council chief says.

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After years of austerity, Revive writes the next chapter in Australian literary culture

The Albanese government’s Revive is Australia’s first national cultural policy in ten years. The last was the Gillard government’s Creative Australia in 2013.

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'Arts are meant to be at the heart of our life': what the new national cultural policy could mean for Australia – if it all comes together

It’s finally been launched. A new cultural policy for Australia. After years (actually decades) of neglect, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today launched a new national cultural policy, Revive. In his speech he said:

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‘The government has listened’: Australia’s peak bodies praise $300m federal arts policy

Launched by Anthony Albanese at Melbourne live music pub the Espy, the policy offers welcome support for the beleaguered industry

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Labor's national cultural policy includes streaming quotas, reimagined Australia Council, and new body targeting misconduct in arts industry

The government just launched the first national cultural policy in a decade. Here's a short-cut guide to the major commitments and wins for the sector, and what's missing.

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Indigenous art at centre of culture policy

The government has unveiled its new cultural policy to revive the arts sector after the pandemic and spotlight Indigenous artists and artwork.

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Albanese promises National Aboriginal Art Gallery in Alice Springs and pivots towards the modern and mainstream in new cultural policy

The Albanese government’s cultural policy, released Monday, “puts First Nations first”, while also promising regulated Australian content on streaming services and a shift to greater support for the popular in the arts.

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Australia's new National Cultural Policy: What the arts sector wants, and what the Labor government plans to deliver

Tony Burke has promised a renewed focus on the arts and a suite of reforms to support the sector – but is staying quiet on the question of funding.

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A new national cultural policy is an opportunity for a radical rethinking of the importance of culture in Australia

As the cut-off for the government’s consultation on a National Cultural Policy (NCP) approaches, thousands in the sector are putting the finishing touches to their three-page submissions. These are directed around “five pillars” drawn from Creative Australia, the national cultural policy announced in the last months of the Gillard regime,…

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Labor pledges to get creative industries ‘back on track quickly’ as it announces arts policy

Opposition wants to boost Australian content on streaming services but overall policy is light on funding commitments

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