Policy
Arts professions excluded from skilled visa list
Arts organisations will face limitations on the use of international talent under changes to visa laws.
The end of Catalyst: four ironies
We need to understand the failure of Catalyst in more complex terms than a zero-sum game of winners and losers.
Affording a home while working in the arts
Those who work in erratic creative careers are typical of the group who could benefit from changes to housing policy.
$50 million initiative targets workplace mental health
The new government strategy will be especially welcomed in the arts, where rates of depression and anxiety are considerably higher…
$3 million returned to Australia Council grants
The Australia Council has detailed how returned funds will be re-injected into grants programs for the 2017-18 financial year.
Australia Council reveals how much will be left for arts grants
Questioning at Senate Estimates today exposed the details of the funds that will be returned to Australia Council following the…
Catalyst aftermath: the devil is in the detail
The sector is right to celebrate the demise of Catalyst and the return of money to the Australia Council. But…
How the war was won by the arts lobby
There are important lessons to be learned from the 22-month campaign that culminated this week in the end of Catalyst…
Will the arts ever have a shorter working week?
A shorter working week is not to be sniffed at, even in the arts where many of us already eschew…
Trump plans to cancel US arts endowment
President Trump's FY 2018 budget blueprint proposes the elimination of the US National Endowment for the Arts, which funds community…