Music Inquiry

The federal government’s inquiry into the music industry is gathering pace, as scores of submissions have been delivered, accepted, and many are now open to public scrutiny. TIO understands the…

"The monitoring actually shows extremely high levels of compliance,” CRA chief executive Joan Warner told the inquiry, while APRA AMCOS' Dean Ormston says this is "not necessarily across the board."

“The Australian music industry has a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to redefine the status quo.”

Record label executives estimate that the strike rate of Australian music released abroad is a lowly 20%.

Small made a strong point – under the Fair Trade Agreement with the US, Australia cannot increase any existing protective quotas in any industry – including music’s.

TMN looks through nearly 40 of the applications.

“It’s a laughing stock... it's become an international joke. People are aware of it all over the world," says The Preatures' Isabella Manfredi.

Of the 25 recommendations from the night time economy task force, only five had been introduced by the NSW government.