Opinions & Analysis
Victorian Screen Industry: heads in sand as government changes rules?
The government is running a review into the funding and support for the entire creative sector. Is the screen industry…
No country for new videogames: Brandis and Abbott are playing with our creative future
Videogaming is set to suffer under the NPEA, with the draft guidelines explicitly excluding this thriving cultural form.
Arts Captain's Calls suit the plan for a docile, ignorant public
The National Program for Excellence in the Arts threatens to return us to the days when artists were punished with…
Arts lobbying succeeds with Senate Inquiry
Arts activists today are celebrating the success of the call for a Senate Inquiry by ArtsPeak, the confederation of national…
No such thing as a chick flick?
Provoked by the current discussion about the exclusion of women from the screen sector, we explore the box office success…
An artless budget
The Abbott Government has trashed the principle of arm's length funding free from political interference, argues the Opposition.
Arts Funding: Why It's Unwise to Cut Off Your Arm
Principles of arms-length funding are being sacrificed to a 'trickle down' approach the Federal Government would not countenance in other…
A budget without a policy is directionless
Two entirely separate funding entities disbursing the same combined pot cannot be adding to ‘efficiencies’ so what is the Government…
Budget 2015: What the AusCo cuts mean for you
The principles of independent arts funding are under threat as the Budget foreshadows the greatest shake up since the Australia…
Has the ANZAC centenary driven arts funding off course?
ANZAC cultural programming has fed millions into arts funding while creative proposals on other subjects are unable to secure government…