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A regional Queensland university reawakens the creative arts
After an unprecedented year in the tertiary sector, University of Southern Queensland’s School of Creative Arts has launched a slate…

Ensuring an accessible future for the arts sector
As the changes brought by COVID fade, an upcoming conference aims to ensure we keep the best of the disruption…

Craig McLachlan and workplace respect (from the archives)
McLachlan was accused of indecent assault in 2014 so the state’s previous laws were applied to the case. But what…

A budget that risks flatlining our culture?
The arts got a passing reference in the Budget speeches this week but Esther Anatolitis couldn't see a vision for…

Reconciliation Week: Our country, Our future – Our shared responsibility
Embracing Aboriginal wisdom, culture and history, so we can call all work towards a shared future as custodians of this…

What's Budget 2021-22 got for the arts?
The short answer is not much more. The longer answer looks at flat funding for the Australia Council and previously…

New series RISING Podcast 2021: the audio guide to Melbourne’s winter festival
A new festival deserves a new approach to the way artists share and discuss the ideas that inform their work.

The 2021 budget must think big and reinvest in the social capital of ideas
The cash splash of the COVID-19 recovery budget should be used to place arts and creativity at the centre of…

Victoria to get $288 million to support arts sector following challenging 2020
Victoria’s creative industries will see some relief in the form of a $288 million investment from the State Government in…

Will the arts be talked up or down in the budget?
Ahead of the COVID-19 recovery budget, Esther Anatolitis looks at the narrative on the Creative Industries and what it might…