National

2013 Walkley Awards: Call for entries
For the first time, the Walkley’s are welcoming self-published journalists into their realm of journalistic excellence.

Copia strengthens eBook solutions for booksellers
EBook distributor Copia announces new partnerships with APA and QBD to strengthen eBook solutions for booksellers.

Police monitor vagina exhibition
Complaints were made to the City of Sydney council regarding a recent exhibition in celebration of the vagina.

Margaret Olley’s effects sold at auction
Warm, beautiful and bohemian; the much loved artist’s personal items sparked a bidding war when they went to auction on…

Melbourne Cabaret Festival is going for gold
Olympian Matthew Mitcham announced as the host of the festival's Closing Gala.

Lord of the Flies
An all-female cast raises fascinating questions for this classic tale, but this production falters in delivering the answers.

Major arts reforms hidden beneath leadership spill
Some important things happened in Federal Parliament this week – and not just in the Labor caucus room. With the…

Awards this week
A week of nominations, finalists and shortlists has been gate-crashed by a gigantic ape.

The week in arts appointments
Who went where this week, and what will they be doing?

Artists invited to immortalise themselves in space
A new project is calling on artists to submit work that will be sent beyond the stratosphere.