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Top music honour for national treasure Kev Carmody
The $60,000 Australia Council Don Banks Music Award – the nation’s most valuable individual music award – is today presented to singer, storyteller, activist and artist, Kev Carmody, for his outstanding contribution to Australian music. Read more >
New investment in Australian creativity
Rupert Myer AM, Chair of the Australia Council for the Arts has today welcomed the launch of the National Cultural Policy and response to the recommendations of the Australia Council review. Read more >
NT Artist Awarded Major Dance Grant
Acclaimed Indigenous dancer Gary Lang has been named the recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts Dance Board Fellowship: a prestigious $100,000, two-year grant.
Unique Indigenous story teller awarded
Indigenous writer, poet and story teller Herb Wharton has been awarded the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature; a $50,000 award that recognises the achievements of eminent writers who have made outstanding and lifelong contributions to Australian literature.
Lee-Ann Buckskin appointed as Chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board
Lee-Ann Buckskin has been appointed as Chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board.
Vale Jimmy Little
The Australia Council for the Arts today expressed its deep sorrow at the passing of one of Australia's leading musical legend, Jimmy Little.
A life in music honoured with top Indigenous award
The Australia Council's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board is proud to present the 5th National Indigenous Arts Awards. Find out more about the awards >
Record delegation of Indigenous artists for FOPA
The Australia Council for the Arts is proud to announce that 50 of Australia's best Indigenous artists will attend the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts (FOPA) to be held in the Solomon Islands' capital, Honiara on July 1 - 14. Find out who's going to FOPA 2012 >