Policy
Census fails artists
The 2016 Census will fail to record the work of the majority of artists who are not working full time…
Proving the real value of the arts
The arts needs to stop trying to justify itself in economic terms and embrace the real public value it delivers.
What’s wrong with excellence in the arts
Excellence sounds like a motherhood concept but it is actually a code word for a narrow conservative agenda.
Cuts and concealed censorship
It's no coincidence cuts are directed at arts, education and science, where strong voices are not compliant with Government ideology.
Creative Industries boom in UK (but that was before Brexit)
Creative industries have bucked the trend in Britain’s depressed economy and the Government claims the success will survive Brexit. Artists…
David Williamson on what's wrong with Australian theatre
Rip down thousand-seat mausoleums and replace them with multiplexes, says Australia's most successful playwright.
Arts in the new Turnbull Government
The Minister has not changed but the Shadow Minister has been replaced. What does that mean for arts policy in…
Arts sector silence fails Indigenous peak bodies
Indigenous Arts needs its own peak bodies to enable specific outcomes to the Indigenous sector that the mainstream arts cannot…
The impact of #ausvotesarts
The recent Federal election saw unprecedented coverage of the arts as a political issue, the outcomes of which may have…
Art as a (literal) refuge
We’ve all been consoled by a song, a film or other art work in times of need. But arts centres…