National

Can a mining state be pro-heritage?
Vital steps need to be taken to avoid another Juukan Gorge in a state heavily reliant on mining, by adding…

Book Review: Earthlings by Sayaka Murata
This ambitious and original novel cements Murata’s reputation as an iconoclastic talent to her new audience of English-language readers.

Revolutionising the definition of creativity in education
A new report launched by the Australia Council in partnership with Sydney Opera House shows that creative learning models better…

Glendyn Ivin's Hotel Quarantine: a strange sense of freedom
We asked the prolific Australian director and photographer about his two weeks alone in a room with a camera, his…

Hey Victoria! Have your say on rebuilding our creative state
Your voice is more critical than ever, to help map the way out, and a way through, as Victoria turns…

Did Fletcher mislead sector on arts funding?
‘The arts sector knew they had a useless minister. Now they know they have a dishonest minister.’ Shadow Minister speaks…

Applause: Latest funding and awards announced
Finalists announced for Hurford Hardwood Portrait Prize, Regional Arts Resilience Grants Program open, Kill Your Darlings announces School Writing Prize…

Exit Interview: Michael Rolfe, CEO Museums & Galleries NSW
After 10 years in the role, and more than 30 advocating for the arts, Michael Rolfe is stepping down as…

Arts think tank A New Approach to go it alone
Previously part of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, A New Approach is set to become an independent body after…

Book Review: On Beverley Farmer: Writers on Writers by Josephine Rowe
Rowe describes Farmer’s essay collection The Bone House as ‘a work of restless genius and unshakeable focus’.