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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 18-24 August 2025
New nature writing prize, $10,000 for emerging singer-songwriters, mural commission, WA grant funding and more opportunities.

AI and artists: will anyone care when human creativity is usurped?
Perhaps the scariest thing about AI and artists isn’t that it will do creators out of their jobs but that…

The secret diary of an Australian arts freelancer, aged 46¾
Being an Australian arts freelancer can be lots of fun, right? Well, yes, kind of, but ...

First Nations intellectual property vs AI: culture, consent and the fight to stop scraping
Artists warn that data‑mining proposals and AI tools risk copying First Nations styles without consent or payment.

‘I’m tired of barely being paid.’ Artists are living below the poverty line
Did artists feel the recent indexed wage increase? No. They largely remain on the poverty line. And this week’s speculated…

Copyright & AI: Arts Minister Tony Burke pledges to protect artists’ rights
In a wide-ranging speech touching on AI and copyright, the Arts Minister Tony Burke reaffirmed his opposition to the Productivity…

On the move: latest arts sector appointments
Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

Arts Law not shy in criticism of Productivity Commission report on AI
Favoring a lack of AI regulation over economic output, the Productivity Commission’s recommendations puts artists at risk.

Creative Australia backs new creative health initiative
A new two-year creative health initiative from Creative Australia targets wellness and loneliness.

Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 11-17 August 2025
New award opportunities, commission for Queensland playwrights and grants up to $80,000.