Trends and Analysis
Arts funding: which party gives more?
Who spends more on the arts: Labor or Liberal? The answer might surprise you, writes Ben Eltham.
Eight units to monitor 747 nightclubs
While APRA reacts angrily to media coverage of its ACCC re-authorisation, new claims cast doubt on its distribution methods
Governments lukewarm about the visual arts
In all the chatter about new, new, new arts policy and funding, the visual arts and literature are feeling ignored.
Music monopoly runs into trouble with Competition Watchdog
APRA's $160 million monopoly is under the spotlight of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Rudd Cabinet downgrades Arts & Communications
The Government will go into the election with a Cabinet less committed to the sector and an Opposition looking for…
Major arts reforms hidden beneath leadership spill
Some important things happened in Federal Parliament this week ā and not just in the Labor caucus room. With the…
Coalition signals backing for arts elite
George Brandis is showing support for the controversial Melba Foundation, which was defunded after peer review.
The new censorship: a campaign against arts funding?
Was the police raid on Paul Yore's Linden Centre exhibition really the start of a right-wing campaign against arts funding?
Self-published e-books eat up market share
Bowker Market Research reports that self-published e-books account for 12% of the entire digital publishing market.
Freedom of expression under threat
Artists need the skills to defend their work against personal ideological crusades and political point scoring.