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man in white t-shirt holding open wallet with no money. Poverty line artists
Opinions & Analysis

‘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…

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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 11-17 August 2025

New award opportunities, commission for Queensland playwrights and grants up to $80,000.

Tax reform for artists is needed. Image: Dillon Wanner on Unsplash.
Opinions & Analysis

You're killing me: tax reform for artists is needed now

An urgent call for tax reform, as studio artists and creatives miss out on annual wage index but still forced…

Opportunities, grants & awards. Image: Marty O’Neill on Unsplash.
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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 4 to 10 August 2025

Now open: 2026 Stella Prize, Emerging Artist Award, Songwriting Competition, Peter Porter Poetry Prize and more grants and opportunities.

The artist Loribelle Spirovski (a young woman with brown hair in an up do smiling) with her hand on the shoulder of her sitter, William Barton (a middle-aged Aboriginal man holding a didgeridoo) in front of a large portrait painting of Barton sitting at in a room with a similar position.
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Arts prize winners and finalists: 29 July to 4 August 2025

William Barton portrait awarded Archibald People's Choice, memoir of war wins National Biography Award. This week's prize winners and finalists.

NSW Minister for the Arts John Graham MLC launches the Plan for Western Sydney Arts, Culture and Creative Industries: 2025-2028. The photo shows an animated man with silver hair and wearing a blue suit and white shirt but no tie. He stands at a lectern and gestures with his left hand.
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$5 million arts strategy announced for Western Sydney

The NSW State Government has released a new three-year arts strategy for Western Sydney.

Georgian style building in leafy university campus. ANU School art and design
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ANU's planned restructure threatens studio arts practice

Details of the proposed changes at ANU's School of Art and Design have sparked grave concerns.

Discover the best new opportunities, grants and awards. Image: Noah Buscher on Unsplash.
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Best opportunities, grants and awards for creatives: 28 July to 3 August 2025

ArtsPay releases No Fuss funding, 2026 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards now open, callout for new romance anthology, New York residency…

Five middle-aged Caucasian artists standing in a gallery with beige walls and artworks, including four long hanging tapestry or textile pieces. 2025 Miles Franklin Award, Siang Lu. Arts prize winners, recipients, shortlists.
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Top arts prize winners, shortlists and finalists: 22 to 28 July 2025

Winners of LGBTQIA+ choir competition, 2025 Pinnacle Awards, plus arts grant recipients sharing $15 million and more.

A wastepaper basket with scrunched up paper, symbolising grant rejection.
Career Advice

7 strategies to cope with grant rejection (at any stage of your career)

Grant rejection is a reality for artists at every stage of their career, but with the right mindset, support and…

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