Trends and Analysis
Why this toilet won a top design award
A bathroom sink, toilet and tap beat off cars, jeans and even a clothes peg to take out the top…
Arts key to Closing the Gap in Indigenous health
Research shows the arts are key to Closing the Gap, raising fears Budget cuts to arts and language will damage…
Why we need a national theatre based in Canberra
A national theatre focused on home-made product would support playwrights and ensure our cultural autonomy.
Arts cuts: Abbott Government takes us backwards
Budget 2014 cuts to arts funding wipe out many of the gains of Creative Australia and may signal the renewal…
Arts restructure mania
There is no evidence the bigger is better in arts management so why the pressure to collapse functioning arts organisations?
Why don't our audiences look like a train stop?
We will know we are really tapping culturally diverse audiences when the range of faces truly reflects the population.
Cultural precincts: why smaller arts companies are locked out
Master plans for big city cultural precincts look impressive. So why are smaller companies and artists still missing out?
Why the arts improve health
Many studies show people are healthier when they paint, play music or even just sit in the theatre audience but…
Why go back to the bush?
Thirty years ago arts enthusiasts couldn’t wait to leave regional Australia. Now some are going home.
Arts funding: why we need to widen the narrative
Lobbying for more arts funding won’t work without a broader conversation on the value of the product, say leading arts…