Okinawa II by Gerwyn Davies.
Creative Australia publishes latest equity and diversity data
Creative Australia has published the second report in its equity and diversity reporting series Towards Equity 2, providing an updated and more structured picture of diversity performance across its workforce and Australia’s arts and cultural sector.
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25 Feb 2026
Building international connections through creative practice: 2026 Asia-Pacific Arts Awards shortlist announced
Creative Australia has today announced the 30 artists, collectives and organisations shortlisted for the 2026 Asia Pacific Arts Awards, recognising Australian-based practice and collaboration across the Asia Pacific region.
News
14 Feb 2026
Australia’s first national survey into working conditions in the creative industries launches
Creative Workplaces has today launched the Creative Workplaces Survey, a landmark national research project designed to build the first comprehensive picture of working conditions across Australia’s creative industries.
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19 Jan 2026
Creative Australia publishes latest equity and diversity data
News
25 Feb 2026
Building international connections through creative practice: 2026 Asia-Pacific Arts Awards shortlist announced
News
14 Feb 2026
Australia’s first national survey into working conditions in the creative industries launches
News
19 Jan 2026
Writing Australia to open new investment opportunities for 2026
Writing Australia has outlined its first new investment opportunities for 2026, alongside new partnerships and targeted investments to strengthen Australia’s literature sector.
News
27 Jan 2026
Visiting International Publishers at Glebebooks.
Writing Australia welcomes NSW literature strategy supporting writers from regional classrooms to the world
Writing Australia welcomes the launch of the New South Wales Government’s strategy to support writers and readers across the state and beyond.
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17 Oct 2025
Visiting International Publishers at Glebebooks.
Announcing the winners of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
Writing Australia has revealed the winners of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, the richest literary prize in the nation.
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29 Sep 2025
Writing Australia to open new investment opportunities for 2026
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27 Jan 2026
Writing Australia welcomes NSW literature strategy supporting writers from regional classrooms to the world
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17 Oct 2025
Announcing the winners of the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards
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29 Sep 2025
Music Australia co-invests $1.7 million with Australian record labels to drive the breakthrough of Australian recording artists
Music Australia has announced the recipients of the Record Label Development Scheme, and the inaugural Marketing & Manufacturing Grants, matched-funding initiatives designed to boost the development and advancement of Australian recorded music.
News
04 Feb 2026
Supporting the global ambitions of Australian artists: Music Australia announces the latest recipients of the Export Development Fund
39 projects will receive investment through Music Australia’s Export Development Fund, supporting Australian artists, producers and composers to undertake career-defining activities around the world.
News
09 Dec 2025
Tchega at Mojos Bar, Fremantle
Sound Fair? New research provides vital snapshot of Australia’s art music commissioning landscape
Music Australia has today released a new report examining the commissioning environment faced by Australian creators of art music.
News
04 Dec 2025
The Luminescence Chamber Singers perform Andrew Ford’s Red Dirt Hymns at the National Museum of Australia during the 2024 Canberra International Music Festival.
Music Australia co-invests $1.7 million with Australian record labels to drive the breakthrough of Australian recording artists
News
04 Feb 2026
Supporting the global ambitions of Australian artists: Music Australia announces the latest recipients of the Export Development Fund
News
09 Dec 2025
Sound Fair? New research provides vital snapshot of Australia’s art music commissioning landscape
News
04 Dec 2025
Honouring First Nations Excellence, Leadership and Legacy at the 2025 First Nations Arts and Culture Awards
Creative Australia has announced the recipients of the 2025 First Nations Arts and Culture Awards at an intimate ceremony held this evening at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
News
27 May 2025
The First Nations Arts and Culture Awards made by Ernabella Arts
Australian team announced for 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
In 2025, Creative Australia is thrilled to be producing the presentation Home, commissioned by the Australian Institute of Architects at the Australia Pavilion presentation for the Venice Biennale of Architecture.
News
14 Jan 2025
Investment in First Nations literature and fashion to expand markets and showcase depth and diversity of talent
We have announced the latest recipients of the Flourish and Elevate investment programs, supporting First Nations creators across literature, storytelling, fashion and textiles.
News
03 Nov 2024
Honouring First Nations Excellence, Leadership and Legacy at the 2025 First Nations Arts and Culture Awards
News
27 May 2025
Australian team announced for 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
News
14 Jan 2025
Investment in First Nations literature and fashion to expand markets and showcase depth and diversity of talent
News
03 Nov 2024
In Conversation with Liminal
Rose Lu speaks with Cher Tan and Leah Jing McIntosh on porous identities, resisting narrow definitions, and fostering creativity that transcends national and cultural boundaries.
Story
10 Feb 2026
Against Disappearance, edited by Leah Jing McIntosh and Adolfo Aranjuez
In Conversation with Taloi Havini
Rose Lu speaks with Taloi Havini about inheritance, exile, and the long arc of Indigenous sovereignty across Oceania.
Story
10 Feb 2026
Work in progress in studio, by Taloi Havini
In Conversation with PacifiqueX
Rose Lu speaks with PacifiqueX president Marqy on reviving erased histories, uplifting MVPFAFF++ identities, and building joyful, resilient Pacific queer community in Naarm
Story
10 Feb 2026
PacifiqueX, image: Gracie, Fiafia Art.
In Conversation with Liminal
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10 Feb 2026
In Conversation with Taloi Havini
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10 Feb 2026
In Conversation with PacifiqueX
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10 Feb 2026
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