News: Culture
OzAsia Festival grows its audience and looks to expand
Organisers of this year's OzAsia Festival are delighted with attendance numbers, which exceeded 230,000 compared to an average of 60,000 people in previous years. The...
Nov 4, 2015
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Melbourne to host Asia-Pacific Performing Arts Triennial
Victoria’s best performing arts talent will collaborate with leading artists from across Asia to present an unprecedented four-month program of Asia-Pacific performing arts in...
Nov 2, 2015
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Students stride towards an inclusive community
Students at Wodonga Senior Secondary College are actively reaching out to students from multicultural backgrounds to create a welcoming school environment. In 2014, two Year 11...
Nov 1, 2015
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Enthusiasm high for new Walter Nash Centre
The community has continued to flock to the new Walter Nash Centre in Taita following its opening on Friday 16th October. Around 10,000 people visited over the weekend and...
Oct 31, 2015
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Fitness Australia and Leisure-net to bring networking event to Melbourne
Fitness Australia and Leisure-net Solutions will today be launching active-net Australasia at the 2015 National Symposium. Due to take place in Melbourne in July next year, the...
Oct 29, 2015
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Melbourne Festival announces best box office results in a decade
The 2016 Melbourne Festival, which ended on Sunday (25th October), has posted a total box office take of approximately $3.3 million, the strongest result in over a decade. The...
Oct 27, 2015
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Carol Fox appointed new President of Australian Womensport and Recreation Association
Carol Fox, Victoria's first ever female professional surf lifesaver, has been elected as President of the Australian Womensport and Recreation Association (AWRA), the national...
Oct 21, 2015
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Australian Performing Arts Market 2016 program announced
From 22nd to 26th February 2016 artistic eyes will once again be firmly fixed on Brisbane for the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM), the leading biennial industry event...
Oct 21, 2015
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Australia Council signs partnership with leading New York arts organisation
The Australia Council for the Arts has signed a three-year partnership with New York’s Performance Space 122 (PS122) to guarantee presentation of Australian work in its program,...
Oct 19, 2015
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Blue Mountains Theatre and Community Hub gets an effective AV solution
Opened in March, the new Blue Mountains Theatre and Community Hub is a multi-purpose venue that offers a centre for cultural and performing arts activities to the west of Sydney...
Oct 16, 2015
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More than 300 artists to perform at 2016 MOFO contemporary music and art festival in Hobart
The line-up for Hobart's MOFO festival of contemporary music and art has been announced, with more than 300 artists listed to perform over the festivals three day duration from...
Oct 16, 2015
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His Maj opens its doors to the public
One of Western Australia’s landmark venues – His Majesty’s Theatre – will be open to the public on Sunday 18th October as part of this year’s Perth Heritage Days. The Edwardian...
Oct 14, 2015
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James MacKenzie named new President of Arts Centre Melbourne
James MacKenzie has been named as the new President of the Victorian Arts Centre Trust, the body which oversees the landmark Arts Centre Melbourne. Arts Centre Melbourne, which...
Oct 13, 2015
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Bicycle Network announces new women’s-only bike riding initiative
The Bicycle Network has announced a bold new initiative to increase female participation in cycling. Through skills sessions, an education program and a women’s-only mass...
Oct 12, 2015
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New attractions for Sydney’s biggest art festival
One of Australia’s longest running and most successful international art festivals will embrace new technologies and provide all year-round attractions following support from...
Oct 12, 2015
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Albury Art Museum reopens after $10.5 million facelift
Albury's new gallery, the Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA), is expected to become the hub of a cultural tourism industry that will attract visitors from around Australia....
Oct 10, 2015
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New Bali contemporary arts complex looks to redefine the relationship between culture and nature
US architects ArandaLasch have unveiled plans for a contemporary arts complex and gardens in Bali, envisioned as a place to experience 'art within nature'. Revealed at the...
Oct 9, 2015
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New arts advocacy body established in Queensland
Members of Queensland’s arts sector have formed a new body, the Queensland Arts Advocacy Group (QAAG), with the aim of better identifying key issues affecting the arts and...
Oct 9, 2015
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The Ticket Group partners with Perth’s Astor Theatre
One of Australia’s most loved live entertainment venues, The Astor Theatre, located in the heart of Mount Lawley in Perth, has today announced The Ticket Group as its new...
Oct 8, 2015
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Anytime Fitness Australian co-founder launches new charity foundation
New charity foundation the Human Kind Project, founded by Jacinta McDonell of Anytime Fitness Australia, has launched its ‘Double the Love Project’ fundraising campaign. The...
Oct 6, 2015
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Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre to pop-up in Auckland
On the 400th year anniversary of his death, William Shakespeare’s famous Globe Theatre is to rise in Auckland. The promoters of Pop-Up Globe - the world’s first faithful...
Oct 6, 2015
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QPAC to welcome Aboriginal Performing Arts showcase
The Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) will showcase the next generation of young Indigenous performers when Knock Knock comes to the Cremorne Theatre stage at...
Oct 2, 2015
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Fitness First reaches 60 locations in the Middle East
With the recent opening of a men-only club in Dubai preceding the upcoming opening of its 33rd club in the United Arab Emirates in the coming weeks, Fitness First will soon be...
Oct 2, 2015
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NPEA blamed for postponement of major arts disability event
Arts Access Australia (AAA), the peak national body for arts and disability has blamed the turmoil caused by the introduction of the National Program for Excellence in the Arts...
Oct 1, 2015
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