Opinions & Analysis
Audiences embrace festivals and blockbusters despite COVID risk
Australia reached a new record of COVID-related deaths this week but the news is not tempering arts audiences, who are…
Points-based jobseeker system will compromise artists’ work
Changes to the JobSeeker benefit scheme starting on 1 July will unduly impact artists, argues NAVA's Leya Reid.
Research says cold weather is good for the arts
Beating the chill: what research tells us about cold weather and our culture-going habits.
Re-centring the voice of the artist
The voice of the artist is once again welcome on the national agenda – and Australia’s newly elected politicians are…
‘Nine years hard’ on national cultural policy
Nine years of Coalition arts management was devoid of consistency, understanding and genuine purpose, according to Julian Meyrick.
A newly Creative Australia
With Labor coming into power, they want to hit the ground running using their previous Creative Australia policy. Ben Francis…
What Labor promised the arts
With Labor forming government, we revisit what Tony Burke promised for the arts and ask the sector to keep him…
40,000 artists’ votes up for grabs!
On the eve of the election, David Pledger argues that artists should vote for policies that look to their most…
Opinion: We don’t take the arts sector for granted
Standing on their record for the arts, Paul Fletcher offers his ideas for the future of the arts should they…
Greening the arts through collective action
Liv Satchell and Christian Taylor discuss the importance of sustainability plans and environmental awareness when creating new indie theatre productions.