Contemporary music and blockbuster tours drive live performance growth; classical music in recovery; opera suffers steep decline.

The latest arts appointments and departures

Taxes on major prizes may come under the microscope as the NSW government looks for ways to boost the state's faltering creative economy.

Former PayPal Australia CEO Eric Lassen "delighted" to helm Australia's premiere live performance organisation.

Record attendance and revenue in 2023 offset by significantly rising costs, according to fresh Live Performance Australia data.

A 40 percent tax offset, industry figures argue, could create over 4,000 new jobs and inject nearly half a billion dollars into the economy. 

The latest arts appointments and departures.

Live Performance Australia pushes for UK-style tax relief scheme for local theatre producers to help stimulate sector investment and jobs.

John Farnham, Opera Australia, Musica Viva Australia and two state symphony orchestras are among artists who have shown support for the Voice to Parliament.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

The modest, restrained budget has few initiatives for the arts and entertainment industry, though this was foreshadowed, with future arts funding to be laid out in the forthcoming Cultural Policy.

Industry researchers say 2022 Budget ends COVID support far too early, as an especially dire picture emerges for film and television and for regional arts.