Opinions & Analysis
Makers are not factories, so stop treating us like one
In the rush to scale up, many makers lose sight of the value of slow making.
How to embrace 'radical access' in the arts
There's so much to learn from the organisations and allies fighting for more inclusive and accessible arts and screen industries.
Should Melbourne lose its City of Literature status?
UNESCO has never rescinded a City of Literature designation, and doing so would be a nuclear option, but...
A box-ticking compliance conundrum is killing art and creativity
Australia’s box-ticking grant application culture may be stifling the very art it aims to serve.
Victoria’s Creative Industries Minister responds to arts funding debate: building a creative sector for all Victorians
Victoria’s Minister for Creative Industries Colin Brooks says the commentary over the recent round of Victorian Government funding to creative…
2026 is the year the art world finally gets real – and other predictions
January’s prediction season is now over, so what has stuck as the key drivers shaping the art world in 2026?
The night of the long knives – Victoria's Shadow Arts Minister responds to funding cuts
Victoria's Shadow Minister for Arts and Creative Industries, the Hon David Davis MP, responds to Creative Victoria’s recent funding cuts…
Are Australia’s arts governance models setting us up to fail?
The actions of Adelaide Festival’s former board prompt important questions about the governance of statutory authority arts boards.
Cultural safety isn’t a shield, it’s a mirror, and organisations need to look into it
Amid debates about the right to freedom of expression, we are losing our sense of what cultural safety in practice…
Pants down: how it feels to publish your first book
Miriam Webster, whose debut short story collection The Slip was published in July 2025, reflects on the experience of releasing…