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Bid for Aussie acts to star at AFL grand final gigs

Global stars Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg have headlined AFL grand final entertainment in recent years, and there are calls for Aussie acts to take top billing.

AAP · Mar 18

UK artist pips homegrown musicians to top annual poll

With streaming giants under no compulsion to program local artists, Australian music has been disappearing from the nation's biggest annual music poll.

AAP · Jan 23

Australian film producers and experts call Trump tariff proposal ‘bizarre’ and impossible to enforce

US president threatens levy on all foreign-made films, but experts point out that the industry is global and Australia is intertwined with Hollywood

The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2025

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'Pass the torch': writers protest over journal's demise

Supporters of one of Australia's oldest literary journals have staged a protest against a "purely financial" decision to close it down.

AAP · Sep 11, 2025

The decision to close Meanjin misunderstands its wider importance. Australian culture deserves better

Last week’s announcement of Meanjin’s closure marks a poignant moment for Australian culture. Meanjin is a nationally significant cultural institution with a storied history. Closing it suddenly, without warning and with no consultation, on “purely financial grounds”, is a very deliberate act.

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2025

Little trust in Creative Australia after Venice snafu

Trust in Creative Australia is at an all-time low due to the Venice Biennale controversy, but the decision to reinstate the artistic team may bring healing.

AAP · Jul 4, 2025

Monash staff say Woodside-backed climate conference highlights concerns about energy giant partnership

Senior lecturer says staff and students have struggled to get answers from university leadership about arrangement

The Guardian - AU · Jun 12, 2025

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‘It will be dire for readers’: the disappearing voices of Australia’s independent publishers

Many local award-winning authors first found a home at a small publishing house, but as yet another is subsumed by one of the ‘big five’, there are fears for the writers of the future

The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2025

ANU asks staff to give up agreed pay rise to help reach $250m cost cuts

Unions plan to rally members after vice-chancellor Prof Genevieve Bell requests forgoing 2.5% December increase

The Guardian - AU · Oct 15, 2024

Australia’s music artists are in dire straits – yet taxpayer-funded Triple J won’t shake its commercial flavour

On June 12, Sydney musician and software engineer Harrison Khannah launched Triple J Watchdog, a website dedicated to aggregating and analysing the music played on Australia’s national youth broadcaster Triple J.

The Conversation · Jun 25, 2024

VIPs party lavishly while students sit on floor: union

Monash University spent $127,000 on a farewell party for an outgoing vice chancellor, while students are watching lectures from the floor, a union says.

AAP · Mar 5, 2024

Mill Theatre offering a new stage for Canberra's performing artists

Lexi Sekuless left performing arts during pandemic-induced hardship. Now she's back in the spotlight, launching a production company and building a new theatre in Canberra to host it.

ABC News · Nov 6, 2022

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