The new Rage Against the V(irus) Fund will offer $1000 to Gold Coast-based artists to produce a digital work.

“What more can these f*ckers do to us?” The industry responds as the Department of Communications and the Arts is swallowed by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.

A new initiative founded by Canberra flute player Sarah Grey seeks to take the angst out of funding, she tells Angus McPherson, by creating a one stop online shopping destination for arts philanthropy.

Contemporary circus company Circa has been welcomed into the fold as the framework governing funding for Australia’s largest arts organisations gets a shake-up.

A panel from the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Sydney Dance Company, NIDA, Gondwana Choirs and the Australia Ensemble gathered at City Recital Hall to discuss the state of the arts.

Steve Dow looks at the challenges facing small to medium arts companies when it comes to venues and funding.

Naseema Sparks will Chair the Classical Music Board while Opera Australia CEO Rory Jeffes heads up the Opera, Musical Theatre & Chorus Board.

The winner of Limelight’s Australian Artist of the Year: People’s Choice, conductor Benjamin Northey reflects on a busy year, the potential of film music concerts, and issues a call to arms on arts funding.

Relocation to the Sydney Town Hall means the orchestra will no longer need the $1 million grant, which embroiled the orchestra in a funding controversy earlier this year.

NAVA Executive Director Esther Anatolitis has called for the money, which was diverted to a ‘special project’ by the Arts Minister, to be returned to artists immediately.

Minister Don Harwin ignored independent advice, redirecting funds to a ‘special project’, according to an investigation by the ABC.

While noting the generosity of philanthropists who donate valuable instruments, the composer makes a case for funding the human voice.