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Writing Australia: can the new national literature body make a real difference for authors?

Supporting writers is nation-building work, and expectations are high for the new body with its re-inaugurated poet laureate

The Guardian - AU · Jun 30, 2025

The dancers with disability exploring sex and love: ‘Once you open the floodgates, it’s pretty interesting’

For 30 years, Restless Dance Theatre has been empowering its performers to use dance to tackle topics rarely broached on or off the stage

The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2024

Treasurer releases intergenerational report – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2023

Pay, safety and welfare: how the new Centre for Arts and Entertainment Workplaces can strengthen the arts sector

In May, we predicted Tony Burke’s joint portfolio of workplace relations and the arts was an opportunity to address some of the challenges facing the arts and cultural sector.

The Conversation · Jan 31, 2023

'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:

The Conversation · Jan 30, 2023

‘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

The Guardian - AU · Jan 30, 2023

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.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2023

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.

The Conversation · Jan 29, 2023

Don’t give up your day job: how Australia’s favourite authors are making ends meet

According to new research, writing books brings in $18,200 a year on average. This leaves the celebrated authors we spoke to hustling seven days a week

The Guardian - AU · Dec 16, 2022

Artist Casey Jenkins scores legal victory after Australia Council revokes funding for performance piece

Casey Jenkins is suing the Australia Council for snatching away a $25,000 grant over an exhibition which showed audiences the possible moment of conception through monthly self-inseminations and daily IVF injections.

ABC News · Dec 14, 2022