The Latest Breaking News from Australia Council

Women paid almost 25% less in performing and visual arts than men, with pay gap almost doubling if artist had a first language other than english

Slated for completion in 2025 with a budget of $200m, the Tarrkarri project is now to be reviewed early next year

A new government body could help Indigenous artists maintain control of their work, Arts Minister Tony Burke has flagged.

The first Labor federal budget has come down, but the arts are almost nowhere to be seen.

The art projects explores stigma around queer pregnancy.

Lawyers for Casey Jenkins, who alleges council’s withdrawal of funding was discriminatory, says ‘security for costs’ order is ‘cynical’

Casey Jenkins believes emails linking then arts minister to council’s withdrawal of funding may not have been disclosed, their lawyers said in court

The subscription model is ‘broken’, sales are unpredictable, and audience behaviour may have shifted for good. But not every state is equal

Richard Flanagan, Helen Garner and Kate Grenville call for ‘vast inequity’ to be corrected, as planning continues for national cultural policy

Tony Burke has promised a renewed focus on the arts and a suite of reforms to support the sector – but is staying quiet on the question of funding.

As the cut-off for the government’s consultation on a National Cultural Policy (NCP) approaches, thousands in the sector are putting the finishing touches to their three-page submissions. These are directed around “five pillars” drawn from Creative Australia, the national cultural policy announced in the last months of the Gillard regime,…