arts funding
ACM employees are striking for fair pay – but how, when and why can workers actually go on strike?
In Australia, there are many conditions that must be met before workers can take legally protected industrial action and go…
‘Don’t break our arts’: Victorian arts sector launches campaign to restore cultural funding
Artists and cultural organisations are calling for renewed investment, with actions planned ahead of the state election.
'We were right in the firing line': an extract from Elizabeth Ann Macgregor's The Power of the Real
In this extract from her forthcoming memoir The Power of the Real, Elizabeth Ann Macgregor looks back on a critical…
Arts Centre Melbourne workers announce fresh action after first strike shuts down major concert
After experiencing its first arts workers’ strike in decades, Arts Centre Melbourne is now bracing for further industrial action in…
'We can all feel it': Australia’s craft sector says it's time for a national making agenda
The MADE 2026 symposium asked what the craft sector could achieve if it started speaking as one national voice.
Theatre audiences still show up – so why do so many shows fail to make money?
The cost of wages, venues and materials keep rising with the rest of the economy, while the product of theatre…
Arts Centre Melbourne workers face a battle between industrial and cultural policy
Union negotiations at Arts Centre Melbourne show that in the arts, demands for better pay are often inseparable from questions…
Where ambition meets major investment: 'Start with the boldest version of the idea'
For Brisbane Festival, Erth and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the support of the Creative Futures Fund has meant the room…
Screen Australia: ‘We have to rebuild the connection between the audience and the content’
In a public Q&A, Screen Australia detailed the importance of its Screen Currency 2026 report and how it will inform…
The Minderoo Artist Fund gives artists the chance to go deeper
Mid-career WA artists Tim Meakins and Andrea Gibbs found something rare with the Minderoo Artist Fund: the time, space and…