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Looking to deliver ‘vibrant precincts connecting people’ VenuesWest launches five-year strategic plan
With the aim of being Australia’s leading provider of sport and entertainment venues and precincts, VenuesWest has released its Strategic Plan 2022-2027: Vibrant precincts...
Aug 19, 2022
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Indoor Sports Stadium and Entertainment Precinct among Penrith City Council’s $397 million WestInvest wish list
Penrith City Council has submitted a list of 37 projects worth $397 million to be considered for the $2 billion available to 15 councils and communities under the NSW...
Aug 18, 2022
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New ASM Global partnership looks to create ‘the most sustainable venues in the world’
Demonstrating its continuing recognition that sustainability has become a critical contributor to venue management and operations in the live event industry, international...
Aug 17, 2022
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Ungerboeck mourns loss of eponymous co-founder Dieter K. Ungerboeck
Event software leader Ungerboeck has today paid tribute its co-founder, Dieter K. Ungerboeck, who died this at the age of 80. Manish Chandak, Ungerboeck President and Chief...
Aug 17, 2022
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Strong support for Darwin Festival as it enters its final week for 2022
Latest attendance figures for the Northern Territory’s Darwin Festival show the event continues to garner strong support as it enters its final week for 2022. Since this year’s...
Aug 17, 2022
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Rottnest Island’s Family Fun Park faces closure as Western Australian Government looks to upgrade site
The Western Australian Government is offering a new development opportunity on Rottnest Island through an Expressions of Interest process. Part of the site offered for...
Aug 16, 2022
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Scenic World to launch augmented reality attraction featuring children’s book character
Scenic World in the Blue Mountains is to launch its augmented reality attraction - The Gruffalo Spotters Trail - on 3rd September featuring the much-loved children’s book...
Aug 16, 2022
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Adelaide Botanic Gardens to host magical interactive musical adventure
Direct from sell-out seasons in Sydney and Melbourne, the magical interactive musical adventure ‘Tinkerbell and the Dream Fairies’ will be performed in the Adelaide Botanic...
Aug 16, 2022
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New Zealand Courts advance bankruptcy proceedings against Ticket Rocket owner Matt Davey
Matt Davey, the one-time owner of collapsed New Zealand ticketing company Fortress Information Systems, is reported to be embroiled in a contracted legal battle over his...
Aug 15, 2022
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LiVS charitable trust searches for new users of Christchurch's Roy Stokes Hall
Life in Vacant Spaces is searching for additional users of Roy Stokes Hall in New Brighton - a coastal suburb of Christchurch - so it can become a thriving community asset. Life...
Aug 15, 2022
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2022 Darwin International Film Festival promises something for everyone
The official program for the 2022 Darwin International Film Festival (DIFF) will be launched at the Deckchair Cinema on 15th August and promises to have something on offer for...
Aug 15, 2022
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Dunedin City Council reviews acoustic insulation rules to support their live music scene
Community concern about the future of live music in Dunedin were recently heightened by the announcement of a mixed-use development next to The Crown Hotel. Much of the...
Aug 15, 2022
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Screen Australia announces $1 million of story development funding for 33 projects
Screen Australia has announced over $1 million of development funding for 19 feature films, 13 television dramas and one feature-length project to be released online. The...
Aug 15, 2022
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Parramatta Lanes secures award for innovation in special events
City of Parramatta Council has secured the prestigious RH Dougherty Award for Innovation in Special Events for its flagship food, music and art festival, Parramatta Lanes 2021,...
Aug 14, 2022
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Sound West Conference to bring together innovators in technology, entertainment and the arts
Music, creativity and learning are set to converge in Parramatta as part of conference that aims to stimulate the night-time economy of Greater Sydney. Part of a wider festival...
Aug 13, 2022
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Nostalgia-fuelled Monopoly ‘theme park’ set to open in Melbourne
An indoor theme park based on the perennially popular board game monopoly is counting down to opening in Melbourne this summer. Growing from escape-room concepts, Monopoly...
Aug 11, 2022
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EVANZ awards Spark Arena Scholarship
The Entertainment Venues Association of New Zealand (EVANZ) has advised that its Learning and Development Sub-Committee has named Milly Thurlow from Nelson Community Venues as...
Aug 11, 2022
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Big Red Group appoints Jemma Fastnedge to new role of Chief Sustainability Officer
Australian owned and operated, Big Red Group, the country’s largest experience marketplace acknowledges the challenges and significant opportunities presented by the ESG Agenda...
Aug 10, 2022
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Western Australian performing arts industry celebrates outstanding achievements
The recently held 2022 Performing Arts WA Awards was a celebration of outstanding achievements of actors, directors, producers, theatre- and dance-makers with the host, Artist...
Aug 10, 2022
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The P.A. People launch TheatreQuip range of theatre hoists at ICC Sydney
Following on from The P.A. People’s recent acquisition of the TheatreQuip business, the team will be launching their new unique range of motorised hoists at Stand C.23 at the...
Aug 10, 2022
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Australia’s national museum of screen culture appoints Seb Chan as new Director and Chief Executive
Australia’s national museum of screen culture. ACMI, has appointed Seb Chan as their new Director and Chief Executive with a key priority of the role being to drive audience...
Aug 10, 2022
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Redevelopment of Brisbane’s Thomas Dixon Centre part of arts sector revitalisation
With the new Federal Government’s promises to revitalise the arts industry having been welcomed by sector peak bodies, builder Hansen Yuncken has highlighted how its delivery of...
Aug 10, 2022
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OzAsia Festival announces 2022 Program of performance and culture
Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival taking place from 20th October – 6th November will feature contemporary Asian and Asian Australian performance, art, literature,...
Aug 10, 2022
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Rising 2032 Olympics costs could see Gabba redevelopment exceed $1 billion
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has conceded that increasing building costs and material shortages could see the redevelopment of Brisbane’s Gabba for the 2032 Olympics...
Aug 8, 2022
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