After the Crisis?
In the wake of a disappointing federal budget, Ben Eltham examines the challenges for a cultural sector still emerging from its deepest downturn.
November 21, 2022
Introducing the December 2022 issue of Limelight
This month's features explore the magical appeal of A Christmas Carol, the challenges facing our cultural sector and why soprano Siobhan Stagg is in such demand. We also reveal the 2022 Limelight Artists of the Year.
November 11, 2022
Budget 2022-23: disappointing for the arts
The modest, restrained budget has few initiatives for the arts and entertainment industry, though this was foreshadowed, with future arts funding to be laid out in the forthcoming Cultural Policy.
October 26, 2022
Circus, Classical Music, Dance, Festivals, Film, Jazz, Musical Theatre & Cabaret, Opera, Theatre, Visual Art
Arts and the election: Fund the Arts releases policy scorecards
As the election enters its final days, Fund the Arts evaluates the arts policies of the three main parties and several independents.
May 18, 2022
Newsworthy: May 2022
A round-up of our recent news reports.
April 26, 2022
Budget 2022: Arts left reeling as funding slashed
Industry researchers say 2022 Budget ends COVID support far too early, as an especially dire picture emerges for film and television and for regional arts.
March 30, 2022
A new report reveals the damage to the arts by COVID, and offers a roadmap to revive the sector
The Creativity in Crisis report calls for a complete overhaul of arts funding in Australia, and a reworking of government policy, to reflect the vital role played by the arts in not just our economy, but our understanding of what it is to be human.
July 27, 2021
Lessons of History for the Arts
This extract from Currency House’s latest Platform Paper, written by departing Director Katharine Brisbane, addresses “Black Friday”, a devastating day of reckoning for the arts.
March 18, 2021