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Helpmann Awards to honour Michael Lynch
In celebrating Australia’s live performance industry, the upcoming 2016 Helpmann Awards will honour the career of Australian arts administrators Michael Lynch CBE AM. Live...
Jun 30, 2016
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Athletes coalition calls for human rights to be central to mega-events
UNI World Athletes, the global association for professional sportspeople, have highlighted the significant human rights risks and challenges at every stage of the lifecycle of a...
Jun 28, 2016
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Free entry draws crowds to Sydney’s museums
Almost 70,000 people braved Sydney’s cold winter weather of the past weekend to be part of the Powerhouse Museum and Australian Museum’s Free Weekend - breaking all previous...
Jun 27, 2016
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Climate change a massive threat to global heritage and tourism
Climate change is fast becoming one of the most significant risks for World Heritage sites, according to a new report from UNESCO, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP),...
Jun 26, 2016
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Adelaide to host new national performing arts market
In a move set to further boost the arts in South Australia, Adelaide is to host a new national performing arts touring market from February 2017, with the endorsement of the...
Jun 26, 2016
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Indigenous rights campaigner Tanya Hosch appointed to new AFL diversity role
The AFL has appointed indigenous rights campaigner Tanya Hosch to a new role as the league’s head of inclusion and social policy. Hosch, the joint campaign director of the...
Jun 26, 2016
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Dunedin to host 54th World Congress of the International Sociology of Sport Association
Dunedin and the University of Otago will host the 54th World Congress of the International Sociology of Sport Association (ISSA), to be held in autumn 2019. The Congress has...
Jun 24, 2016
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Rio Tinto to partner AFL indigenous programs
The AFL has announced that mining company Rio Tinto will be the principal partner of its Indigenous Programs for the next four years. AFL Chief Executive Gillon McLachlan...
Jun 23, 2016
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Promoter Michael Gudinski backs Labor Party
Leading Australian music promoter and Mushroom Group founder and Chairman Michael Gudinski has lent his support and thanks to the Australian Labor Party ahead of the Federal...
Jun 21, 2016
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Adelaide's Her Majesty's Theatre to benefit from $35 million redevelopment
The South Australian Government has announced a $35.2 million investment over three years for the redevelopment and expansion of Adelaide’s Her Majesty’s Theatre - one of...
Jun 19, 2016
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Visitors flock to WA Museum on last day before four-year closure
Set to shut for four years for a $428 million redevelopment, thousands of people visited the WA Museum yesterday on the final day before it closed its doors. Explaining that the...
Jun 19, 2016
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Labor pledges to fund National Library's Trove online database
Labor has promised $12 million in funding over four years to the National Library of Australia for it to resume adding new content to its online database Trove. Trove allows...
Jun 16, 2016
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Australian Rugby commits to gender equality
The Australian Rugby Union has made a public commitment to ensuring gender equality and respect at all levels of the game, from the field to the boardroom, by today signing Our...
Jun 16, 2016
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Live Performance Australia awaits Coalition to deliver a plan for live performance industry
Live Performance Australia (LPA) has released its assessment of the major parties’ policy positions for the live performance industry in the lead-up to the federal election....
Jun 16, 2016
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Arts campaigners to stage National Day of Action
A group of arts organisations are planning a National Day of Action on Friday 17th June that will include banner drops at high-profile arts venues, a campaign encouraging...
Jun 15, 2016
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Dark Mofo overcomes ticket scalping issue and opens to acclaim
Tasmania's Dark Mofo festival, presented by the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) opened on the evening of Friday 10th June playing host to a program of large-scale art, music,...
Jun 15, 2016
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Fitness operators share tips for staying active through Ramadan
With Muslims throughout the world currently celebrating Ramadan, leading fitness operators are sharing tips on maintaining fitness or even beginning new activity regimes during...
Jun 14, 2016
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Artlands Dubbo Conference to emphasise the strength of regional arts
Described as ‘Part Conference, Part Festival, All Arts’, ARTLANDS, the biennial conference of Regional Arts Australia, is being held in the inland NSW city of Dubbo from 27th to...
Jun 13, 2016
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Restored Big Dipper Tower lights up Luna Park Sydney
Luna Park Sydney has today unveiled the new look Big Dipper Tower following a six month restoration project that saw 4,440 energy efficient LED lights added to the building’s...
Jun 9, 2016
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GOMA Starts 10 year celebrations with ‘A World View’
Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) will celebrate its 10th anniversary in 2016 with exciting new artwork commissions and a program of major exhibitions commencing with ‘A...
Jun 9, 2016
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Hamilton’s Embassy Park development to include Rocky Horror-themed Pavilion
A new Rocky Horror-themed Pavilion and a chandelier recreating a feature of the former Embassy Theatre's foyer will be installed in Hamilton’s Riff Raff Square as the second...
Jun 9, 2016
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Board sacked but 2016 Darwin Festival 2016 to go ahead 'as planned'
The Darwin Festival’s newly-appointed administrator has said the upcoming 2016 event will go ahead "as it is planned at the moment”. As of midday on 8th June, Hendri Mentz, of...
Jun 9, 2016
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Australian Rugby Union to focus on increasing Indigenous engagement
Australian Rugby has bolstered its commitment to increasing Indigenous engagement with the launch of its second Reconciliation Action Plan. Australian Rugby Union (ARU) Chairman...
Jun 6, 2016
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Hassell and OMA to design new Western Australian Museum
The Western Australia Government has commissioned Netherlands-based OMA and local firm Hassell to design the new WA Museum in Perth. Based on their international reputation for...
Jun 6, 2016
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