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Blonde woman wearing a white top holding up an auction paddle. Art market.
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Financial win for Australian visual artists internationally

The Resale Royalty Scheme has been extended, ensuring visual artists receive remuneration from sales across nine more countries.

Creative Australia CEO Adrian Collette AM. A middle-aged, fair-skinned man with a shaved head, and wearing glasses and a blue suit, smiles at the camera.
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Australian Pavilion may be empty at Venice 2026; no resignations forthcoming

CEO Adrian Collette and Board Chair Robert Morgan will not be resigning, despite the damage caused by Creative Australia’s abrupt…

Man in light blue shirt blowing a party whistle. Arts tax
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$20,000 annual tax deductible entertainment expenses policy announced

New tax relief on the horizon, as attending arts events could be tax deductible.

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Major funding secured for the Australian Festival of Chamber Music’s Pathways Program

The AFCM obtained the funding from The Ian Potter Foundation after a record-breaking 2024.

A graffitied mini van, has green paint on it and slogans extolling the virtues of the arts on the windows.
Opinions & Analysis

Opportunity costs: the problem with rationalising creative output – part three

In the final part of a three-part article, Rick Heath examines why the Australian arts industry is not valued or…

Sterling Notley and Matt Hogan in Canberra Youth Theatre's production of 'Work, But This Time Like You Mean It'. Two young men, both dressed in red and white shirts and black pants, sit in a pit of yellow balls against a red wall. One boy holds the other in his arms; both are shouting or screaming.
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Canberra Youth Theatre takes drastic steps to ensure its survival

The long-running company will not stage any productions in 2025 and is also cutting back and consolidating its training programs…

A large group of First Nations people, young and old, stand on a stage beneath spotlights and behind some music stands. At the front is a young woman with her arms out wearing multicoloured tops and shorts.
Opinions & Analysis

Opportunity costs: the problem with rationalising creative output – part two

In part two of a three-part article, Rick Heath examines why the Australian arts industry is not valued or invested…

Gold Coast introduces new arts grants. People at a music festival pumping their fits. The air is filled with confetti raining down on them.
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$200,000 grants to be distributed to creatives in Gold Coast

Grants worth a total of $1.5 million will be offered through Experience Gold Coast Arts Fund to support local artists.

'The Lord of the Rings' films were filmed in Aotearoa New Zealand and are known internationally. Could a new cultural policy similarly amplify NZ's rich cultural sector? Photo depicts a hillside-set door in the movie set of Hobbiton.
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Amplify, NZ’s new cultural policy, is timely and needed, but not ambitious enough

A draft creative and culture strategy has been released for public consultation in Aotearoa New Zealand, but James Wenley asks,…

detail of eye on money.
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Is debt good for the arts?

What is 'impact debt finance', and is it the way forward for more financial sustainability for the arts?

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