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The Albanese government unlocks $8.6 million in funding to support live music venues and festivals showcasing through Revive Live.

Sound NSW this week unveils the Touring and Travel Fund and Recording and Promotion Grants, which provided a leg up for local artists.

“It’s not overstating it to call these reforms a game changer for nightlife in NSW," says Night Time Industries Association CEO Mick Gibb.

The New South Wales government’s $85 million emergency package is welcome relief, Australia’s main music industry bodies say. Though the crisis is far from over, and winter is coming. On Tuesday…

A further $20 million in Government funding has been allocated to 63 recipients around the country.

It took a year of lobbying, needling, open-letters and meetings, but the federal government finally got the message. Early Thursday, the country’s leaders issued a statement confirming $125 million…

Australia's music industry has secured a multi-million-dollar lifeline, just days before the abrupt end of JobKeeper. Today, the federal government announces $135 million in support, including $125…

Live music is playing an altogether different ball game to sport, and it could spell the end of gigs. That’s the gist of an impassioned plea from James Young, co-owner of Melbourne’s legendary Cherry…

Thirty arts tours will get a much-needed leg up this year as the federal government pledges to inject more than $3.6 million into a range of live projects. The Morrison Government on Friday announced…

The full extent of the health crisis on Australia’s live entertainment space is presented in a crushing new report, which finds more than two-thirds of professional jobs will literally vanish this…