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jillhturner.bsky.social
This was in The Australian yesterday.

Any creative thoughts on a 'systems based approach' to tackle the situation?

Working against the combined forces of neoliberalism impossible without observing nature, art, humour, music and the resilience of a thistle.

#ndis #creativeaustralia #gliff #folk
May 22, 2026 at 1:59 AM
aliaparker.bsky.social
Heads up Australian creatives... Creative Australia has launched the first national survey focused on our work and pay conditions. You can get involved here: creativeworkplaces.gov.au/survey

#australia #creatives #arts #writers #auslit #ausart #creativeaustralia #art
Creative Workplaces Survey
Share your experiences and help create the first national picture of what it’s really like to work in Australia’s creative industries.
creativeworkplaces.gov.au
January 20, 2026 at 11:02 PM
tmclark.com.au
I’m looking to create my first audiobook and would love for it to be brought to life by real narrators with genuine voices.

Support Australian Arts
Support Australian Artists
Support AusArt Day

#AusArtDay #CreativeAustralia

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October 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
tmclark.com.au
Today is the day - AusArt, coordinated by the wonderful Creative Australia, where I’m joining lots of other creatives in support of art by raising money towards a special project.

#AusArtDay #creativeaustralia #writingcommunity #writerslife

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Giving Day to the Arts - Writers at Sea
I’m looking to create my first audiobook and would love for it to be brought to life by real narrators with genuine voices. Human storytelling carries emotion, depth, and connection in a way that AI v...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
afcmcairns.bsky.social
🎼 #AusArtDay and is happening NEXT WEEK! Join the first ever national public movement 23 October that celebrates and elevates the role of the arts in Australian life! ✨ Partner with us to help us raise $20,000

👉 tinyurl.com/AFCM-AusArts...
#CreativeAustralia #AFCM #MusicMagic
October 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
aliaparker.bsky.social
Thursday 23 Oct is AusArt Day, a new initiative by Creative Australia that encourages us to make tax-deductible donations to participating creative organisations, like @asauthors.bsky.social (ASA).
You can donate to ASA here:
www.asauthors.org.au/news/back-bo...
#ausartday #creativeaustralia
October 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
howardwalter1.bsky.social
in fairness, he is an art critic nowadays #creativeaustralia
July 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
johnmenadue.com
Creative Australia’s biennale backflip offers an opportunity for the visual arts sector to reckon with deep and troubling issues of structural inequity and free expression – especially in a fraught political climate. #auspol #CreativeAustralia
The takeaway from the Venice Biennale saga: the art world faces deep and troubling structural inequality
Creative Australia’s decision earlier this year to rescind the selection of artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino as Australia’s 2026 representatives at the Venice Biennale sent shockwaves through the arts sector.
johnmenadue.com
July 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
dailyartnews.bsky.social
Creative Australia reinstates Khaled Sabsabi for Venice Biennale 2026 after backlash over his earlier removal; review calls for stronger arts policy safeguards.

#khalebsabsabi #venicebiennale #creativeaustralia #dailyartnews

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Khaled Sabsabi Reinstated for 2026 Venice Biennale After Review | Daily Art News
Creative Australia reinstates Khaled Sabsabi for Venice Biennale 2026 after backlash over his earlier removal; review calls for stronger arts policy safeguards.
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July 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
johnmenadue.com
The reinstatement of artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino is not simply a symbolic reversal. It is a chance to restore trust and demonstrate that institutions can learn from failure. #auspol #VeniceBiennale #CreativeAustralia
Creative Australia’s backflip on Venice Biennale representatives exposes deep governance failures
The reinstatement of artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino as Australia’s representatives for the 2026 Venice Biennale closes a bruising recent cultural episode and exposes the fragility of the systems meant to protect artistic freedom in Australia.
johnmenadue.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
culturalchamp.bsky.social
“Worst of all, Australia’s chief federal arts agency has shown itself to be completely unable to defend its mission to CHAMPION & SUPPORT the arts in Australia.

…the truth here is that the real reason for cancelling Sabsabi was political cowardice.”

#auspol #creativeAustralia
instanterudite.bsky.social Jo Dyer @instanterudite.bsky.social · Jul 3
Spot on from @beneltham.bsky.social in @crikey.com.au.

Creative Australia's crisis management may have been substandard but the real issue was its staggering lack of judgement and courage, an unforgivable absence for which no-one has been held accountable.

www.crikey.com.au/2025/07/03/c...
Creative Australia's cowardice on Sabsabi can't be erased
Creative Australia will send Khaled Sabsabi to the Venice Biennale after all. The review into the decision reveals cowardice and incompetence.
www.crikey.com.au
July 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
bankstownboy.bsky.social
Let's be clear Julian Leeser, you were once my Local Member, but you do not speak for me. Limits on artistic freedom and political interference in the arts, are both unacceptable in a free and pluralistic society. #RNBreakfast #CreativeAustralia #ABCNews #ABC730 #Auspol
July 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
lisazed.bsky.social
#CreativeAustralia Board Chair forced to resign over despicable sacking of Venice Biennale artist, Khaled Sabsabi, who’s now been reinstated after an embarrassing backflip!
Deputy chair will temp til new chair is found, suggesting departure hadn’t been planned.
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...
Creative Australia chair retires after Venice furore
Hopes are up in the arts sector that Australia’s sacked Venice Biennale artistic team of Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino may be reinstated.
www.smh.com.au
July 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
pipipohutukawa.bsky.social
Reinstating the artistic team of #khaledsabsabi and #michaeldagostino as originally selected is a great decision by #creativeaustralia.
July 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
yungenchee.bsky.social
Antionette Lattouf's been vindicated

Khaled Sabsabi's been vindicated

Are you seeing a pattern here, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra❓

#InstitutionalFailure #ABC #CreativeAustralia #MelbourneSymphonyOrchestra
antoinettelattouf.bsky.social Antoinette Lattouf @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · Jun 6
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra recorded biggest loss in its 118-year history. Legal bills helped blow a $3.3 million hole in its budget

Concerts were postponed & members protested over its sacking of Gillham after he dedicated a song to killed Palestinian journos

www.afr.com/life-and-lux...
Pianist furore leads to record losses for Melbourne Symphony
The discrimination suit bought by pianist Jayson Gillham after he was cancelled over pro-Palestinian comments helped inflict a record $3.3 million deficit on the orchestra in 2024.
www.afr.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
louiseadler1.bsky.social
An Olympic worthy backflip after an appalling own goal by #CreativeAustralia. Requires the consumption of a large slice of humble pie.After the Latouffe débâcle and the MSO capitulation perhaps the #IsraelLobby will think twice about messing with artists? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Creative Australia reverses controversial decision to dump Biennale artist
After controversially and suddenly withdrawing Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino from the 2026 Venice Biennale, Creative Australia has announced it has reversed its decision.
www.abc.net.au
July 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
patrickallington.bsky.social
Creative Australia is advertising for the inaugural director of Writing Australia. This is a time for transformative, systemic, disruptive thinking and change. And new voices.
#auslit #CreativeAustralia #WritingAustralia
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June 26, 2025 at 5:03 AM
elliottbledsoe.bsky.social
Creative Australia has released the Creative Workplaces website with lots of resources on workers rights and responsibilities, pay, working conditions and more.
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#CreativeAustralia #CreativeWorkplaces
Home page | Creative Workplaces
Creative Workplaces supports fair, safe and respectful workplaces for artists, arts workers and arts organisations in Australia. We have information and resources for people working across all art for...
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June 6, 2025 at 6:51 AM
gaanbakshomusic.bsky.social
Congratulations to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party on their re-election!
With Labor’s renewed commitment to the arts, including major investment through the Revive National Cultural Policy, our creative sector is set to thrive.
#AustralianMusic #SupportTheArts #CreativeAustralia
May 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agperiurban.bsky.social
Australia. Public Service. Services for the Public. Job Cuts. Job losses. Services cut. Home budget. Future cost of living.

#auspol #ausvotes #costofliving #factcheck #culture #education #creativeAustralia #arts #media #creators
beneltham.bsky.social Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · Apr 28
In Crikey today, I take a look at the cultural implications of the Coalition's public service policy. If Peter Dutton is elected, it will mean massive job losses in cultural institutions like the NGA, National Library and National Museum.
www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/28/p...
Table showing likely job losses if national cultural institutions are returned to 2022 staffing levels.
April 28, 2025 at 4:09 AM
elliottbledsoe.bsky.social
Today Creative Workplaces released a new Discussion Paper as part of consultation into issues related to work arrangements and pay for artists, arts workers and organisations.
#CreativeAustralia #CreativeWorkforce
eb.wtf
April 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
elliottbledsoe.bsky.social
2️⃣ Arts and Disability Network Australia is a new consortium of disability arts state peak bodies funded as a Creative Australia delivery partner and the Office for the Arts is calling for Advisory Group members for the Arts and Disability Plan.
#ArtsAndDisability #ArtsPeakBodies #CreativeAustralia
Reading round-up: Mon 14–Sun 20 Apr 2025 – elliottbledsoe.wtf
Big Tech faces multiple antitrust cases, arts and disability leadership, arts education in crisis and Lady Gaga reignites predatory ticketing concerns.
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April 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
elliottbledsoe.bsky.social
Because of the break I am putting out my round-up today. Here's WTF happened last week:

1️⃣ Staff and more sector players express concern at Creative Australia’s handling of the Australian Venice Biennale exhibition next year.
#ArtsAndPolitics #ArtisticFreedom #CreativeAustralia
Reading round-up: Mon 14–Sun 20 Apr 2025 – elliottbledsoe.wtf
Big Tech faces multiple antitrust cases, arts and disability leadership, arts education in crisis and Lady Gaga reignites predatory ticketing concerns.
eb.wtf
April 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
culturalchamp.bsky.social
Adrian’s gotta go already

#auspol #CreativeAustralia
April 17, 2025 at 4:23 AM
theloadedbrush.bsky.social
A long read but a good read. Thank you Louise Adler

#auspol #CreativeAustralia #Artists #Australianartists

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
From Creative Australia to Sydney writers’ festival, the direct threat facing the arts is coming from within | Louise Adler
In this adapted extract from What’s the Big Idea? Louise Adler looks at the failure of Australian cultural leaders shying from risk and artistic vision – and letting the tail wag the dog
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM