Any policy interventions from Creative Australia to support visual and craft artists’ incomes will need to take a sector-wide approach.
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A suite of protections for gig workers will be contained in legislation to be introduced into parliament next week, and will also include measures on rights for casual workers and stopping wage theft
In this podcast, our guest is Andrew McKellar, CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He joins us to give a business take on the economy and relations with the Albanese Government
Under the change, promised in Labor’s election campaign, there will be a new definition of when an employee can be classified as “casual”.
Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher, said women around the country had been telling the government the program “is punitive, counterproductive and causes harm”
The government also promises that beyond the four years, the institutions will get indexed funding
Years of cost-cutting measures have left Australia’s national galleries, libraries, archives and museums in dire straits.
Revive is the first step into a new global landscape for which we barely have a language.
The centre will importantly function as a point of contact and referral for arts workers who have nowhere else to go for support.
This is not quite a game changer, but it is going in a healthier direction.
The policy, called Revive and funded by $286 million over four years, establishes Creative Australia which will be the government’s principle arts investment and advisory body
Archer was the only Liberal to vote for the motion. But Karen Andrews, who has previously said Morrison should quit parliament, abstained. Morrison was Andrews’ secret co-partner in home affairs.
The opposition will vote against the censure, but will support the legislation to implement the Bell recommendations to ensure ministerial appointments are always made public.
The Albanese government’s industrial relations reforms will help avoid protracted industrial conflict, but more is needed.
Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke said on Sunday there would be a change in the proposed way voting would work for these agreements.
Arts Minister Tony Burke says the government is waiting for its new cultural policy. But artists are struggling now.
The government will bring in early legislation for multi-employer bargaining and implement a range of other changes to the industrial relations system.
Abolishing the Australian Building and Construction Commission may end up empowering the Fair Work Ombudsman to investigate alleged union misbehaviour.
Labor knew it would inherent a cost-of-living problem – it campaigned on it. But it didn’t expect the dramatic crisis in gas prices Australia is suddenly facing
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tony Burke advocates on wages and arts
Michelle Grattan speaks with Tony Burke the minister for employment and workplace relations and minister for the arts, as well as the leader of the House of Representatives.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Lecturer in Arts Management and Human Resources, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries and ARC DECRA Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Environment and Evolution, La Trobe University
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Gary Kendrick is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Professorial Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Art and Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, School of Art, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Australian Political Studies, University of Canberra
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Distinguished Professor of Workplace Law, RMIT University
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Associate Professor/Reader in Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Work and Regulation, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Biological Sciences and Oceans Institute, The University of Western Australia