The annual Major Performing Arts (MPA) sector report looks at participation, paid attendance and employment trends across theatre, orchestra, opera, dance and chamber music. In 2012 the 2.6 million ticket sales across the 28 leading MPA companies in Australia resulted in a combined performance income of $203 million; an increase of $28 million in total...

Introduction: IP Australia and the Office for the Arts (Cth) brochure, Finding the Way: a conversation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People seeks feedback from Indigenous people to share stories and insights on future directions about Indigenous knowledge and intellectual property. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board (ATSIAB) of the Australia Council...

This report was commissioned in July 2011 by the Australia Council for the Arts commissioned to bring the research on the issue of women in creative leadership in Australia up to the present day, and provide a basis for the sector to discuss these issues and to reach agreement on some strategies to address the...

Market Development commissioned Justin McDonnell (Anzarts) in late 2010 to write the APAM scoping study. The scoping study aims to inform future directions and priorities for APAM. Specific objectives include: To evaluate the relevance and appropriateness of the current APAM model To make recommendations around future strategic directions for APAM. The scoping study includes wide...

Australia should seek new and liberating ways to bring together the arts, popular culture and the creative industries, according to this report. The report, funded by the Australia Council for the Arts and prepared by Professor Justin O’Connor of the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology, looks at ways in which the policy...