Opinions & Analysis
Why we're not ready for varied density living, yet
It's time to rethink the 'Australian dream' of the big backyard and the white picket fence.
The lonely chairs
Planners should be thinking about the experience of sitting in public space and what it means to be an urban…
What’s in a name?
They used to be called Regional Arts Development Officers. Now they are called Creative Arts Facilitators. Does job title matter?
Melbourne’s changing landscape has artists in its sight
Interdisciplinary projects define Melbourne’s future, as architects and designers find more spaces for artists to work.
My life as a freelance designer
Crowdsourced design contests: friend or foe? One designer argues the case.
Unhappy families in Victorian arts sector
The lack of a Victorian arts policy is a deliberate attempt to cast a smog over funding cuts, claims the…
Creativity not ideology, action not words
Victoria Minister for the Arts argues the State investment in times of fiscal constrain is extraordinary.
Why ANU rethought private music tuition
A pure diet of one-on-one-music teaching is expensive, narrow and open to abuse, argues the man who oversaw its controversial…
The politics of envy
Travel grants got The Railway Man team, including Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman, to Toronto but piqued the tall-poppy cutters.
Theatre unearths Australia's shame
We need theatre where history fails: 'Black Diggers' shows Australians as the lesser Anzacs.