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The ABC sacrifices cultural depth for topical breadth in latest cuts
There are still pockets of excellent arts coverage scattered across the national broadcaster, but they are getting harder and harder to find. And the latest round of staff cuts will only make things...
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Climate change will displace millions of people. Australia’s asylum seeker...
Australia's cruel immigration policy is in desperate need of an overhaul — particularly given the huge influx of climate refugees we can expect in the coming years. The post Climate change will...
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Yes, artists are workers. When will we start paying them properly?
Despite new funding committed to bolster Revive, the government's national cultural policy, the arts sector is not in a celebratory mood. The post Yes, artists are workers. When will we start paying...
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‘One word: Cashflow’— Simon & Schuster swallows independent publisher Affirm
Affirm Press CEO and co-founder Martin Hughes told Crikey he didn't see the swallowing up of independent publishers as a problem, but merely a 'cyclical' thing that creates opportunities for new...
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Yes, we should mourn the axing of Leunig — he’s the last of the Magnificent...
'His work was a soft and comforting relief from most of the day’s news. I cannot remember censoring a single Leunig cartoon and nor would I have censored any of the cartoons that upset his recent...
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No, we shouldn’t mourn the axing of Leunig — it’s time to let go of toxic...
'Like many of his generation, perhaps the most privileged in the history of the Western world, Leunig’s career inscribes an arc from anti-capitalist, individualistic politics to anti-woke warrior.' The...
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Labor promised local content quotas for digital platforms. So… where are they?
It is looking less and less likely the government will deliver ahead of the next federal election. The post Labor promised local content quotas for digital platforms. So… where are they? appeared...
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A pocket history of America via five songs on the Washington DC to Pittsburgh...
American carnage in songs for each of the five stops on an inter-city Greyhound. The post A pocket history of America via five songs on the Washington DC to Pittsburgh Greyhound appeared first on Crikey.
View ArticleAnother publishing house gets swallowed, leaving Australian literature on...
Penguin Random House's acquisition of Text Publishing leaves Australian publishing further concentrated in the hands of a few multinational companies. The post Another publishing house gets swallowed,...
View ArticleA fumbling appearance at Senate estimates shows panic at Creative Australia
Collette's appearance will not have done much to allay the mounting anger in the cultural sector about the manifest failures of Creative Australia’s governance on display in the Sabsabi implosion. The...
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