Arts news watch: this week’s trending topics

We break it – you read it. Keep you eye on this week's top arts news stories.
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We take a look at the arts news that pushed to the top of the heap this week. From new social media trends, to poising for floods in Brisbane, and the ongoing Creative Australia Venice-led fiasco, these were the topics that caught our readers’ interest.

Australian Greens launch new arts policy, make explosive allegations regarding Creative Australia’s CEO
Creative Australia’s CEO Adrian Collette “misled” the Senate Estimates hearing last Tuesday according to the Greens’ arts spokesperson Senator Sarah Hanson-Young; she has called for the entire Creative Australia Board to be spilled.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina