Labor minister’s partner snags funding victory
Oh, what a coincidence. A senator’s significant other (who contributed to the government’s IR reviews) has a new partner: the Albanese government.
Oh, what a coincidence. A senator’s significant other (who contributed to the government’s IR reviews) has a new partner: the Albanese government.
CA boss Adrian Collette will soon front Senate Estimates. He may want to explain why roughly 37 per cent of its peer assessors, who oversee grant funding, received grants themselves.
Another day, another dreadful call by an arts institution, this time Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, which has got itself in a tangle over a bash booked by Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi for International Women’s Day.
Amid a $23bn divorce, Mike Cannon-Brookes is suing the absolute pants off of a once-trusted family office executive, claiming corporate skulduggery has been afoot.
The prestigious university hosted a swanky dinner party for a Federal Reserve governor at the black-listed venue, despite its owners’ history of controversial statements.
Kicking over more rocks at Creative Australia reveals generous taxpayer-funded grants handed out to artists who’ve broadcast their hero-worship for jihadi leaders, under the leadership of CEO Adrian Collette.
For the first time ever we find ourselves in furious agreement with Sarah Hanson-Young, who wants a ‘full and frank’ inquiry into Creative Australia’s decision-making around the Venice Biennale 2026.
What faith would anyone hold in the leadership of Creative Australia when it flip-flops with such alacrity over a political crisis of its own making?
It looks like Margin Call’s deep dive into the questionable early oeuvre of Sydney artist Khaled Sabsabi has ended his selection as Australia’s pick for the Venice Biennale in 2026.
Former Magellan chairman Hamish Douglass has broken cover to celebrate his good fortune at keeping a sizeable toe in the water with fast food chain Guzman y Gomez.
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