Four decades ago, amid a cost-of-living crisis, rising unemployment and stagnant wages, a unique partnership between artists and trade unions thrived.
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Revive is the first step into a new global landscape for which we barely have a language.
Women artists from a non-English-speaking background suffer a triple earnings penalty. But there is no gender pay gap among remote Indigenous artists.
Germany and England spend around A$4–5 per capita on cultural engagement and diplomacy. We spend 20 cents.
Funding for writing and publishing is not just low: it’s also declining. Ben Eltham looks at a grim federal budget for literature, in the context of ongoing neglect for written culture in Australia.
With the tapering down of COVID stimulus measures, many of Australia’s cultural institutions are facing cuts – but Australia Council funding remains steady.
Arts Minister Paul Fletcher has taken aim at what he calls a ‘cosy club’ of arts elites. But his claim of ‘unprecedented’ arts funding and a push for greater fairness don’t add up.
Ex theatre critic for The Australian and founder of Currency Press and Currency House, Katharine Brisbane, now 89, has issued a call to arms for the arts to be taken seriously.
The first round of RISE funding recipients has been announced — but is it the best use of money?
Why is the gender pay gap wider in the arts than other fields of employment? We mined the data looking for possible reasons.
Literature funding has been cut brutally in recent years and writers’ incomes are disastrously low. Yet books shape our national identity, forming an often invisible bedrock for the wider economy.
Arts service organisations advocate for artists and help develop artforms. Cuts in NSW signal a more targeted approach to reduced government support for the arts and culture.
The arts and cultural sector was plunged into crisis three months ago and pleaded for help. Now a federal rescue package has been announced – but who is it for and is it enough?
Public funding for the arts was not originally intended to be a permanent arrangement. But some economic fundamentals mean that it’s necessary.
Australia’s literary journals are produced within a fragile ecosystem – becoming more vulnerable every year.
Arguments for Australian culture focus on what it should say to demonstrate its worth - rather than the government’s capacity to listen. Our history of conservative cultural leadership show they can.
A new quarterly essay looks at changes in how we market Australian performing arts – but is this necessary in a globalised digital marketplace?
Among growing feelings of despair in the Australian arts sector, more than 700 leading artists and arts-workers have signed a petition calling for the Major Performing Arts framework to be abolished.
Both the Australia Council’s and South Australia’s new five-year arts plans talk the talk, but fail to provide vital arts funding and structural support for a diverse arts culture.
Labor’s arts election policy includes more funding for the Australia Council and the ABC. But while this is welcome, arts and culture deserve far greater attention.
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Creative Arts, Griffith University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Cultural Economy, Adelaide University
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Principal Fellow and Professor of Music, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer, Macquarie University
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Artist, Curator, Producer, RMIT University
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Economist, UNSW
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Adjunct associate, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor, Writing and Society Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University