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Features

This primary school’s a circus … and its results are no joke

This clever partnership shows how circus classes are not about clowning around, but a model with important skills outcomes for…

Sick pay for artists and arts workers. Image is an illustration of a person with a purple jumper in bed holding their head and a thermometer under their arm. A table has a glass of water and a tablet on it and there is a calendar on the wall. Also some coins are hovering in the image.
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How to apply for sick pay as a creative

Victorian Sick Pay Guarantee has finally expanded to include artist and creative workers, with the pilot extended until March 2025.

Opinions & Analysis

Structural transformation to support gender equity in the arts

Institutions need to consider how creative labour, practice and outputs are valued.

News

The launch of Creative Australia to welcome new era

Appointees announced for Creative Australia board, Music Australia Council and Creative Workplaces Council.

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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…

Features

The "helping" hand of allyship: Indigenous art, authenticity and politics

A look at the fraught disparity between non-Indigenous arts workers and the Cultural obligations of their Indigenous counterparts, as well…

A map of NSW dotted with pins suggesting where public consultations might be held for the new policy.
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NSW commits to artist-led development of Creative Industries policy

A statewide consultation process in July and August aims to ensure artists and arts workers can contribute to a new…

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Opinions & Analysis

Indigenous art centres at the precipice of outdated approaches to funding

We love Indigenous art centres but are we really supporting them the best we can as a sector?

News

New details revealed for the Creative Australia Bill 2023

Music Australia will be established with a $69 million investment across four years, alongside the new industry body Creative Workplaces.

Education & Student News

Education in brief: follow the money, find the story

It’s been a big month for Australian arts education news. Money – or the lack of it – was the…

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