Still going over it folks but not a lot of excitement to be had from what I can see. At least there’s been no cuts and everything (at least for the arts) seems steady as she goes. Are they saving something up for the National Cultural Policy? Doesn’t look good does it?

The amazing thing is 20% of the funding boost Arts Minister Simon Crean has announced is going to attracting production of the feature film The Wolverine to Australia. Continue reading →

Last week I was reading the Women in Theatre report for my piece for artsHub, which has become part of its Special Report that went out today.

Excuse the slightly daggy headline but artsHub’s got a pretty tight character limit for title and you have to make it a bit catchy: Wherefore art thou gender-equity?

It was one of those rare reports you can read through from beginning to end and it had some fabulous quotes in it. The most saddening thing I found was how well I understood it, it did feel as though it was telling me what I already knew. My own career has followed a path that many of those interviewed for the report would find similar to their own. Continue reading →