Opinions & Analysis

4 Aboriginal arts and culture centres underway … or not
What is the status of the four major new Aboriginal arts and culture centres underway around the country?

10 things I learned from selling eight million books
Success as an author can be as simple as learning these 10 succinct lessons.

Stop censoring artists: perceptions and strategies
Whatever branch of the arts you're in, the treatment of Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino is censorship and must be…

Exclusive: Letter to the Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke MP: Reinstate Khaled and rebuild trust in Creative Australia
This open letter to the Hon. Tony Burke MP, Minister for the Arts, has been provided exclusively to ArtsHub; its…

The undercutting of industry standards: how low pay is eroding fair wages in the arts
The misuse of sector jobs sites by companies with the resources to pay fairly needs to end.

Why Australia needs to embrace ‘conscious casting’
With DEI facing a backlash in certain parts of the world, perhaps it's a good time to go even further…

The impact of art: does it reside with the public’s perception without regard for the artist’s intent?
Statements made at the Senate estimates hearing over the Creative Australia Board’s Venice Biennale decision raise questions about how the…

When I left school I made a terrible career choice
Why I became an electrical engineer and did a 180-degree turn, becoming a published author...

When the 'War of the Worlds' lands in three places at once...
The logistics of staging one festival production in three different locations concurrently is challenging enough. But what happens when you…

A win for creative industries against AI?
Creative cultures may yet suffer when the royalties start flowing.