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On the Move: Latest appointments and departures
Print-based jobs may return to Melbourne as a result of Lonely Planet's new digital strategy, while ACCA appoints an arts…

Mona welcomes $50M promise as part of Tassie tourism package
Responding to the Labor Party’s promise of a financial boost to Tasmanian tourism, the private Hobart-based organisation voiced its support.

Vale Les Murray
The poet hailed for creating 'a vernacular republic for Australia' passed away in Taree aged 80.

ICYMI: rounding up the week’s arts news
From record box office numbers, to funding advice for artists, history unveiled and a salute to those we lost in…

From Collingwood Arts Precinct to community heart
With this new arts site in inner Melbourne, Marcus Westbury promises a flexible space that will hold its value.

Applause: latest funding and awards announced
2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award winners revealed, Australian Publishers Association's Hall of Fame recipients revealed and more.

La Mama’s artistic director Liz Jones receives Sue Nattrass Award
La Mama’s artistic director, Liz Jones AO, has been announced as the recipient of the 2019 Sue Nattrass Award for…

On the move: the latest appointments and resignations
New President for Arts Centre Melbourne, and other appointments.

ICYMI: rounding up the week’s arts news
From Game of Thrones to REMIX, Notre Dame survives blaze and plans for Melbourne Apple store also in ashes.

Street art connects Keith Haring and Basquiat with Melbourne
Two artists who fought for social justice and democratisation through their art and shaped the 1980s, are coming to Melbourne…