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Incubating ideas needs more than a hip share office
Tired of big budget, big tech talk when it comes to innovation? Then start with old fashioned talking: it's proving…

To those we lost in 2017, vale
We salute the lives and careers of the artists, performers and patrons who took their final curtain call in 2017.

Don Burke story reveals pernicious media culture of men protecting men
Until now, executive men have largely closed ranks and protected the perpetrators of abuse, harassment and assault against women colleagues.

From The Tracker to Gladiator via Romper Stomper, twenty key scores by Australians
Bathe in twenty of the best Australian compositions for film, chosen by Andrew Urban, based on the winners of the…

Drama Report 2017 - looking under the bonnet
The 2016-17 drama report is all about consistency, but the detail reveals some subtly significant changes.

The nation's archivists - What do we do with what we're saving? - Part one.
The Digital Directions Symposium in Canberra unearthed some wonderful ways of engaging users in the gallery, library, archive and museum…

The nation's archivists - What do we do with what we're saving? - Part two
The users of national collections are more than users - they have the political power to save and resource the…

Collective and personal - prose, screenwriting and the heart of life
Let's talk about personal writing from a screen perspective. it's all about revelation, hunger and professional discipline.

Podcasts galore, weaponised in the war against intellectual extinction
What are the crucial (and entertaining) podcasts which inspire Australian film tragics? Here are some of the most substantial.

Confronting the ugly face of sexual harassment
The lack of a studio system in Australia means few locals have the unfettered power of Harvey Weinstein, but sexual…