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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

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Creative Australia expands leadership program to grow capability across the sector

Creative Australia has today announced a major expansion of its investment in leadership development.

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27 Nov 2025

2022 Future Leaders Program Malua Bay workshop with Jade Kennedy Yuin Custodian and facilitator
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Celebrating emerging talent and lifetime achievement at the 2025 Creative Australia Awards

Creative Australia has announced the recipients of the 2025 Creative Australia Awards at a ceremony at the Queensland Art Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA).

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18 Nov 2025

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Creative Australia Awards 2025

Australia’s first national survey into working conditions in the creative industries launches

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19 Jan 2026

Creative Australia expands leadership program to grow capability across the sector

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27 Nov 2025

Celebrating emerging talent and lifetime achievement at the 2025 Creative Australia Awards

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18 Nov 2025

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

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Visiting International Publishers at Glebebooks.

Photographer Joseph Mayers

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

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Wenona Byrne appointed Director, Writing Australia

Creative Australia is delighted to announce the appointment of Wenona Byrne to lead the work of Writing Australia.

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07 Aug 2025

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Wenona Byrne

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

Wenona Byrne appointed Director, Writing Australia

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07 Aug 2025

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.

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09 Dec 2025

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Tchega at Mojos Bar, Fremantle

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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.

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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.
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Music Australia fuels global growth for Australian artists with latest $1 million investment through Export Development Fund

Music Australia is backing the global ambitions of 65 Australian artists, producers, composers and songwriters with the latest round of support through its flagship Export Development Fund.

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11 Sep 2025

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Supporting the global ambitions of Australian artists: Music Australia announces the latest recipients of the Export Development Fund

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09 Dec 2025

Sound Fair? New research provides vital snapshot of Australia’s art music commissioning landscape

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04 Dec 2025

Music Australia fuels global growth for Australian artists with latest $1 million investment through Export Development Fund

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11 Sep 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.

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27 May 2025

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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. 

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14 Jan 2025

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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.

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03 Nov 2024

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Honouring First Nations Excellence, Leadership and Legacy at the 2025 First Nations Arts and Culture Awards

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27 May 2025

Australian team announced for 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale

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14 Jan 2025

Investment in First Nations literature and fashion to expand markets and showcase depth and diversity of talent 

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03 Nov 2024

Fifty years on record

The new digital archive that’s bringing Australia’s Disability Arts history into focus

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20 Oct 2025

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“Singing these stories about Blak pride had never felt more powerful”: neo-soul singer Bumpy on touring the UK and her new album

“I was already loaded to be like, ‘All right, I'm showing up and I'm going to stamp my feet and tell my story in the place of the coloniser'."

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15 Oct 2025

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Photo: Emily Dynes

Belonging across borders

As applications open for the 2026 Debra Porch Award: Visual Arts Residency, we chat with the two 2024 recipients, Nathan Beard and Naraphat Sakarthornsap, about their residencies and their artistic influences.

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11 Sep 2025

Naraphat Sakarthornsap sits on the edge of a cliff at dusk

Fifty years on record

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20 Oct 2025

“Singing these stories about Blak pride had never felt more powerful”: neo-soul singer Bumpy on touring the UK and her new album

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15 Oct 2025

Belonging across borders

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11 Sep 2025

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways, and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions. We are privileged to gather on this Country and to share knowledge, culture and art, now and with future generations.

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