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Australia Council report highlights the value of international arts investment
The Australia Council for the Arts has released a summary report that highlights the value of a strategic approach to international arts development and explores the existing...
Sep 29, 2015
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WTA announces departure of Stacey Allaster
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has announced that long-term Chair and Chief Executive Stacey Allaster is to leave the organisation as of Friday 2nd October. Allaster...
Sep 28, 2015
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AFLQ Diversity Academy to launch in Brisbane in 2016
AFL Queensland has announced the establishment of Australia’s first AFL Diversity Academy at CJ Greenfields Sporting Complex in Brisbane. The AFL Queensland Diversity Academy at...
Sep 23, 2015
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National Museum of Singapore reopens permanent galleries
The National Museum of Singapore has officially opened its revamped permanent galleries with displays containing contributions from Singaporeans and acknowledging the role of...
Sep 22, 2015
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Queensland Theatre Company announces Artistic Director
Having just unveiled a much anticipated Season 2016 anchored by an important world premiere and a mainstage program featuring tales of change, Queensland Theatre Company (QTC)...
Sep 22, 2015
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Cultural sector welcomes end of George Brandis' term as arts minister
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's announcement that the Federal arts portfoilo would be removed from Attorney-General Senator George Brandis and placed alongside the...
Sep 20, 2015
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Average Australian spends just over $20 per year on music
Australia has some of the most valued music fans in the world and is in the top 10 global spenders on music, with the average Australian having spent $22.80 a year on music last...
Sep 20, 2015
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Prime Minister Turnbull links arts and communications and restores tourism minister in new ministry
Newly installed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s first ministry has restored the role of Federal Tourism Minister and moved the role of Arts Minister from...
Sep 20, 2015
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WA Museum says visitors will not be impacted when Perth based closes for redevelopment
The WA Museum has defended a decision to close the doors of its Perth building for four years during refurbishments, saying it will not impact on its ability to display...
Sep 17, 2015
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Bendigo Ulumbarra Theatre subcontractors payments remain unresolved
Five months after the opening of Bendigo’s acclaimed Ulumbarra Theatre a dispute between subcontractors who say they are owed several million dollars and the venue’s builder...
Sep 14, 2015
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$65 million Cairns entertainment precinct proposal moves forward
Cairns Regional Council is to advance a $65 million project that will see a new performing arts centre replace the ageing Cairns Civic Theatre and a revamp of neighbouring...
Sep 14, 2015
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$1 million boost for regional arts and cultural activities in Wellington
Open air events at the New Zealand Festival will be free to the public for three weeks in February and March next year thanks to funding support from the Wellington Regional...
Sep 13, 2015
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Local language names for Sydney Park wetlands
New names will be given to Sydney Park’s four wetlands to commemorate the area’s Aboriginal history. The four names proposed by the City of Sydney -Wirrambi, Guwali, Bunmarra...
Sep 10, 2015
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Australian Museum opens new Crystal Hall
The Australian Museum has opened two new additions, marking stage one of the long-term renewal of Australia's oldest museum while also honouring the nation’s first inhabitants....
Sep 10, 2015
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Marae innovator named Maori Public Health Champion for 2015
Valerie Teraitua, Manager of Papatuanuku Kokiri Marae in Mangere, Auckland, has been named Maori Public Health Champion, Tu Rangatira mo te Ora for 2015, at the Public Health...
Sep 9, 2015
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Albury Museum aims for the Bilbao effect
The Murray Art Museum Albury (MAMA) is to open on 2nd October, with backers of the new regional art gallery hoping that it will affect the southern NSW town in the way that the...
Sep 9, 2015
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Landscape architects McGregor Coxall to contribute to Sydney Modern Project
Award winning landscape architectural practice, McGregor Coxall, has been appointed to develop a landscape design concept for the Art Gallery of NSW’s proposed $450 million...
Sep 7, 2015
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Sydney Opera House awarded for sustainability leadership
The Sydney Opera House has been awarded a 4 Star Green Star performance rating by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), putting the iconic venue among a select few...
Sep 7, 2015
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Mackay venue named APACA Performing Arts Centre of the year
The Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre (MECC) has taken home the 2015 Australian Performing Arts Centre's Association's (APACA) Drover's Award for Performing Arts Centre...
Sep 6, 2015
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North Stradbroke Island should revert to traditional indigenous name
Queensland’s North Stradbroke Island should be renamed Minjerribah - its traditional indigenous name - in the same way Ayers Rock was renamed Uluru in 1995, according to an...
Sep 5, 2015
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Live Performance Industry worth more than $1.51 billion to the Australian economy
Australia's live performance industry outperformed the retail and accommodation industries in 2014, with Live Performance Australia (LPA) revealing that the industry generated...
Sep 3, 2015
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Western Australian theatre companies express fears over Federal arts funding changes
Theatre companies in Western Australia have criticised the Federal Government’s planned changes in arts funding and the uncertainty created by the new National Program of...
Sep 1, 2015
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Live music lounge tops Sydney Town Hall during spring
Locals and visitors can kick-back at a New York-style rooftop venue complete with garden furniture, a bar and live music from some of Sydney’s finest artists at Sydney Town Hall...
Aug 30, 2015
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Melbourne wins most liveable city title for the fifth year running
Melbourne has been named the world’s most liveable city by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) for the fifth year running. The EIU’s Liveability Ranking assesses living...
Aug 30, 2015
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