Opinions & Analysis

Is reading in crisis?
Outtakes from the VOLUME Symposium find that it’s time for urgent action, as national reading rates decline.

How ‘mental health’ has been reimagined in the workplace
Good mental health in the arts won’t happen until we see people with lived experienced enabled and included as leaders…

Slim pickings: the state of fatness on Australian stages
A new play in the Melbourne Fringe Festival aims to make the world a little bit fatter and little bit…

Boys can do ballet too
Ballet dancer and educational leader Gregor Thieler discusses breaking gender stereotypes in classical dance.

Are you brave enough?
The following keynote speech was delivered to The Currency Press Festival of Playwrights in August 2023.

Creating climate leadership
'If you’re not addressing climate change in your work, you’re making science fiction.'

Creating space for the arts
The art world can be a solitary place when artists hunt for the space to create and perform. Yet, there…

Caring as an artist
The incredible story of a mother's life, and the devastating fallout of her stroke...

Wish list for new arts program on ABC TV
What would the team at ArtsHub and ScreenHub like to see featured in the national broadcaster's new arts program?

An accessible tour guide of a beachside sculpture festival
Visiting this year's SWELL Sculpture Festival from the perspective of a person who uses a wheelchair.