Australia

Shrinking market in museum jobs
The Australian Museum has cut 50 jobs from its 380-strong staff, reducing opportunities for stable careers in the sector.

Plugging Brisbane's brain drain
What can be done to strengthen Brisbane’s vibrant independent theatre sector and prevent local talent from moving away?

Dinner party answers every arts believer needs
Arm yourself with smart comebacks to the people who insist on telling you arts funding is a waste of money.

Arts Party to contest its first by-election
Registered in 2014, the Arts Party will stand its first official candidate in the upcoming North Sydney by-election.

Literary acclaim in the City of Literature
Melbourne flexes its UNESCO City of Literature status awarding literary acclaim and over $100,000 to local writers for the Melbourne…

Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster
Gunn's latest offering is a dizzyingly witty examination of an intriguing moral quandary.

Big West Festival Special Report
The Big West Festival returns in 2015 with its biggest lineup yet.

Big West turns on a massive street party
There's dancing in the streets of Footscray at Big West's Street Party.

Performance at Big West
Performances at Big West Festival draw on the stories of the community, old and new.

Economic impact of budget cuts quantified at $1.8 billion
A new study exposes the broader economic cost of the budget cuts could be more than 15 times the official…