Safeguarding body the Creative Workplaces Council established by Government

The Federal Government has established the Creative Workplaces Council, a national body intended to raise and set workplace standards across the arts.

A new body to raise and set workplace standards across the arts has been established by the Albanese Labor Government. Creative Workplaces will provide advice on issues of safety, welfare and pay in the arts and entertainment sector, refer matters to the relevant authorities, and work with the sector to develop codes of conduct and resources for the sector.

‘Australian artists and creatives aren’t hobbyists, they’re workers. They deserve safe and fair workplaces like every other worker,’ said Tony Burke MP, Minister for the Arts, Employment and Workplace Relations.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts