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Rob Hirst behind the drumkit with Backsliders at Womadelaide 2007. Midnight Oil
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Rob Hirst was not the figurehead of Midnight Oil – but he was its backbone

David Nichols reflects on the life and career of Midnight Oils' drummer and songwriter Rob Hirst, who died on Monday…

The Creative Workplaces Survey is an Australian first.
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Have your say in Australia’s first national survey into working conditions in the creative industries

The Creative Workplaces Survey is open now – and it could be a game-changer for the arts and culture sector.

Photo: Lê Minh / Pexels. Best grants and opportunities for NSW creatives 2026
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Best grants and opportunities for NSW creatives in 2026

Here are the major grants and opportunities for NSW-based creatives and arts organisations in 2026.

Shaun Gladwell, Planet & Stars Sequence: Barrier Highway, 2009. Production still, HD video, 16:9, colour, sound, 25 min 53 sec. Photo: Josh Raymond. Courtesy: the artist and PALAS, Sydney. Exhibited in SEARCHERS at National Art School Galleries, Sydney
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SEARCHERS review: graffiti, spray paint and bringing the outsider in

The National Art School exhibition SEARCHERS brings audiences into a world that has thrived in the shadows.

Photo: Anna Shvets / Pexels. Best grants and opportunities for Australian visual artists in 2026
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Best grants and opportunities for visual artists in 2026

Here are the best grants and opportunities for emerging and established visual artists in 2026.

Opera for the Dead. Photo: Jacquie Manning.
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Opera for the Dead: ghosts in the theatre

Opera for the Dead blends the ancestral and contemporary to consider rituals around death and remembrance.

Sydney Theatre Awards 2025 winners - Lincoln Elliott and Joel Granger Phar Lap The Electro-Swing Musical (c) Robert Catto
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Sydney Theatre Awards 2025: new Phar Lap musical and Belvoir's grief adaptation lead the winners' race

From a sassy indie smash-hit to a beautiful exploration of grief, here are the winners of the Sydney Theatre Awards 2025.

First Nations artist Jono (Eskatology) Stier works with mentor Candice Lorrae during the Space to Create event at the ANU School of Music in Canberrra.
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Best grants for First Nations creatives in 2026

Here are the major arts sector grant and funding opportunities for First Nations arts practitioners.

freeplay parallels games festival funding cut
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The future of games festival Freeplay is in doubt after major funding loss

Freeplay's organisers have confirmed the long-running festival lacks ongoing funds, and may cease after 2026.

WAKE at the 2026 Sydney Festival. Photo: Neil Bennett.
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WAKE review: queer cabaret from the Emerald Isle

WAKE brings a riot of colour and music to the Sydney Festival.

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