Policy
New CEO of the Australia Council announced
Arts Minister Tony Burke has announced Tony Grybowski as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Australia Council.
Simplified grants system, promises new OzCo CEO
The number of grants categories will be slashed from about 150 to no more than 12 under the vision of…
Double the winners for Australia Council fellowships
Eleven artists have been awarded Australia Council Creative Australia Fellowships, six extras as well as the original five.
Explaining arts principles to politicians
How does an arts advocate successfully argue the case before the Senate Inquiry into the Australia Council Bill?
AUDIO: Why we are in danger of cultural atrophy
Without a national identity function for the Australia Council will we sink into national dementia?
$60,000 up for grabs for SA musicians
South Australian Government’s Contemporary Music Funding Program to award $60,000 to local musicians and organisations.
How should OzCo support experimental arts?
This weekend the Australia Council for the Arts will bring together 60 of Australia’s leading practitioners and thinkers in experimental…
A new arts precinct for Melbourne
A former Collingwood TAFE college looks set to become Melbourne’s next arts precinct under current plans being developed by Arts…
International outcry over Amazon's tax practices
It’s not just booksellers who have a bone to pick with Amazon as governments around the world investigate the tax…
Arts advocacy in the era of the barbecue-stopper
It doesn’t always involve conflict or the hip pocket nerve, so how do arts advocates get government and media attention?