Policy
Harnessing the arts voice at election time
A public forum brings the arts sector together to find a unified voice in order to amplify the voice of…
How to lobby for the arts in Election 2016
It's election time. Let your voice be heard at this critical moment when our nation's creative future is being decided.
Greens promise $270.2 million for the arts
The Australian Greens are adding the arts to their Federal election platform with a policy that will not only reverse…
Jeanette Winterson on why we need the imaginative life
The arts aren’t a luxury activity. They are central to life. Art is the part of us that is met,…
Good for lawyers, bad for creators
The Productivity Commission's proposed changes to book licensing would mean less money for writers, composers and fillmakers but not lawyers.
Regional voices ignored by regional arts inquiry
A Parliamentary Inquiry into access to media and the arts in regional and rural Australia failed to hold public hearings…
Exploitation is at the core of the arts industry
We have reached Year Zero, a point where cultural policy and infrastructure no longer serves the interests of the arts,…
Survival should never be the aim
Lisa Havilah explains why cultural institutions should be radical and participatory, and shares her secrets to success.
65 arts organisations lose funding from Australia Council
More than half the applicants failed to receive organisational support from the Australia Council's four-year funding round, and 65 previously-funded…
Creative industries policy doesn't treat arts as industry
The $115m in new funding in Victoria's Creative Industries Policy isn't as new as it looks, says Shadow Minister Heidi…