Policy

National day of action to be held this Friday
Artists and arts workers across the country are mobilising to highlight the fact that the arts matter to Australia.

Darwin Festival to go ahead despite political ruckus
Despite recent dramas, including the dismissal of the Board and the appointment of a statutory manager, the 2016 Festival will…

No clear winner but a clear loser
Indeed the most positive comment in relation to Senator Fifield that we could find on Twitter was 'He turned up'.

If you work in the arts, it's time to leave Australia
The three smallest contemporary visual arts jurisdictions SA, NT and ACT have now been wiped off the map of Australia.

Greens expand arts policy
New Centrelink and superannuation plans to help support artistic careers have been added to the Greens' policy platform.

Greens use theatre to sell politics
Indie company The Cutting Room Floor have collaborated with Senator Scott Ludlam to create six short plays based on Greens…

What you need to know ahead of the National Arts Debate
The National Arts Debate will enable voters to assess Liberal, Labor and Greens arts policies. Here’s our guide to understanding…

Theatres back Labor, Greens arts policies
Your state theatre company has an opinion on how you should vote – or rather how you shouldn't.

The great peak bodies massacre
Why have four out of the five national peak artform organisations just had their funding discontinued by the Australia Council?

Labor boosts funding in new arts policy
One month out from the federal election the ALP have launched a new arts policy which promises to undo the…