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Women dominate Miles Franklin shortlist
The Stella Prize was started in protest at few female Miles Franklin winners but in 2014 women are two thirds…

Designs on improving education
An international fellowship has been awarded to a Queensland high-school design teacher to foster the exchange of knowledge.

Video: First look at masterpieces never seen outside Spain
For the first time some of the great Italian masterpieces have left the Museo del Prado. Where have they gone?…

Arts cuts: Abbott Government takes us backwards
Budget 2014 cuts to arts funding wipe out many of the gains of Creative Australia and may signal the renewal…

$80,000 injected into not-for-profit arts organisations
Crowdfunding goes offline and gets a 'perfect' match in a new funding program for not-for-profit arts organisations.

Risky agenda for 2015 National Architecture Conference
The next National Architecture Conference will take a risk on its theme, if not its creative directors.

$65,000 to assist Aboriginal Music Careers
Newly appointed NSW Arts Minister Troy Grant has announced a program to bolster support for our indigenous musicians.

Community radio spared the axe
$17.7M funding for the community broadcasting sector confirmed in the 2014 Federal Budget.

Tax-deductible crowd funding at last
The lack of tax-deductability for crowd-funded donations has been a barrier for many arts organisations but no longer.

A Valentine for the arts
ABC News 24 has announced details of its new weekly arts program, to be hosted by James Valentine.