A round-up of our recent news reports.

Soprano and actress Christiana Aloneftis has received the $20,000 prize, while two other Australian creatives are awarded a supporting bursary.

Composer Brenda Gifford and soprano Sarah Prestwidge among those celebrated in a ceremony timed to mark the start of National Reconciliation Week.

A new opera about William Buckley tells an incredible story, but the Indigenous characters are under-represented.