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As we begin to reflect on the discussions that Future/Forward has opened up about a contemporary arts sector that’s ambitious and fair, across Australia unprecedented billions of dollars are being committed to the contemporary arts – to bricks and mortar, that is, and not to artists themselves. $244 million from the NSW Government towards a
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The town in which you live on the fringe of the city has long receded into the distance, the familiar markers have vanished hours ago. When you look in the rearview mirror the view is the same as that which is before you. You are across the border, driving north and the horizon has opened
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By Daily Review
LISTEN to Aretha Franklin sing You Grow Closer at 15 years old at her father’s New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit.
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Kon Karapanagiotidis OAM, founder of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre talks to Daily Review about his new book ‘The Power of Hope’. Kon Karapanagiotidis OAM is tired. He’s suffering a throat infection and has just returned from ten-day national book tour for The Power of Hope. Or How Community Love and Compassion can change the World.
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The Coalition government has tried to sell several national energy policies to parliament and to the public, and all have failed. We need a new national policy because the system we have is outdated and highly polluting, and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s latest Energy Minister, Josh Frydenberg, is offering another born-to-fail system called a ‘National
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Last week, artist David Pledger applied for the position of CEO of funding body, the Australia Council for the Arts, by publishing his application for how to take the organisation into the 21st Century on Daily Review. Pledger wrote a long and thorough brief of his vision to the new chair of the Australia Council, Sam Walsh, the
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When writers festivals began to take off big time about a decade ago, popping up like mushrooms in leaf litter after a warm autumnal rain, those with a conservative bent criticised them as wanky talkfests for worthy leftist ladies. When that cresting wave turned out to have behind it an even bigger, foam-tipped swell, it
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By Helen Razer
In mildly troubling news, ABC TV has failed to renew comic current affairs program, Tonightly. In a statement prepared today by cheerful bot, the Abysmal Bootlicker Crew alleges that it is grateful for the efforts of Tom Ballard and writing team, but that it is time, these many weeks into the project, “for a fresh
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In today’s arts news, there is not much new. Here is a release from the Victorian government: NEW CHAIR FOR MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL Leading strategist and corporate consultant Tim Orton will take on the role of Chair of the Melbourne International Arts Festival Board, which will celebrate its 32nd year in October. Minister
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TO: SAM WALSH, CHAIR, AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS RE: OPEN APPLICATION FOR THE CEO POSITION, AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Dear Sam, Thank you for accepting this application. I have chosen to take this open and public approach to the recruitment process. I thought it only fair to include the whole arts sector whom
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