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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

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ArtsHub turns 25: a quarter-century of championing the arts

How a moment of frustration led to one of Australia’s most trusted and long-running arts publications.

From left, poet Judith Beveridge, winner of the Creative Australia Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature; and the Hard-Ons' Raymond Ahn, the co-recipient of the Creative Australia Don Banks Music Award. An older, fair-skinned woman with greying hair and wearing a floral blouse, stands smiling in front of a packed bookcase. An older Korean-Australian man with a closely trimmed goatee and grey hair framing his face, smiles at the camera against a black backdrop. He wears a black t-shirt. Creative Australia Awards 2026
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Creative Australia Awards 2026 recognise arts practices from poetry to punk rock

Twelve artists – across disciplines including dance, literature, community arts and contemporary music – are recognised in this year’s Creative…

Community members and dignitaries alike gathered for last week’s opening of the new Burnie Arts precinct. The photo is taken at the rear of an auditorium, looking towards the stage over many rows of seated patrons.
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Burnie Arts opens after $20.5 million redevelopment

The redevelopment of the original 1976 civic centre was carried out while staff kept working in the building and exhibitions…

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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

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Features

AusArt Day, first ever government-backed giving day for the arts: was it a success?

Billed as an important new initiative to boost arts philanthropy, Creative Australia’s inaugural AusArt Day achieved mixed results.

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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

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Interviews

Sobering but optimistic – AGSA Director Jason Smith takes stock in the face of change

AGSA Director Jason Smith speaks with ArtsHub about the realities of the role and how he is planning for the…

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Artback NT: celebrating three decades of artist-led stories

For the past 30 years, Artback NT has been bringing Top End artists to the nation, and the world.

Northeast Party House play the UOW Uni Bar as part of Great Southern Nights 2025. The photograph , taken from the side of the stage, shows the alt-electro dance band's members playing live with a university student crowd dancing and enjoying the gig visible in front of the stage. The photograph illustrates a story on AI copyright advocacy.
Opinions & Analysis

Anatomy of a campaign: What the AI copyright win teaches us about collaborative advocacy

Nicholas Pickard of APRA AMCOS takes us behind the scenes of the major AI copyright campaign and finds many lessons…

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