Opinions & Analysis
Come our end: closing the gap with Indigenous culture
Closing the Gap shouldn't mean bringing Aboriginal Australians to some white standard but bringing all Australians to an understanding of…
The Poetry of the Present
Read the full 2017 Peggy Glanville Hicks address on how musicians help us find new meaning in our present.
Are you condescending to your audience?
The fashion for museum 'didactics', turns off art audiences who feel its patronising and moralistic undertones.
Can the arts free itself from Stockholm Syndrome?
The arts bureaucracy has captured artists with its own mechanistic view of the world. Like David Bowie and Madonna we…
Live art for the virtual generation
In a world where you can be simultaneously on a suburban bus and at a concert half a world away,…
Lionel Shriver and your inner bigot
Political correctness isn't strangling creativity – it's just inviting us to be aware of our inner bigot.
Why feminists should pay attention to Men's Rights Activists
Men's Rights activists claim feminists have too much power. Censoring them feeds into the anger and hate.
Creative arts skilling will suffer
The Government should be discussing skill needs with the industry, not blindly cutting education loans.
Minister defends education cuts
The Minister for Education has received many protests from the arts sector after cutting the number of tertiary arts courses…
Australia is shattering its creative future
The cutting of selected programs for VET help it is indicative of Australia's aversion to creative pursuits.