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• Another music festival cancelled as the live music inquiry hands down its recommendations

  The parliamentary inquiry into the live music industry has been handed down with a range of recommendations. But at the same time, another music festival has been cancelled: Esoteric is the latest to join the ranks, only one day before it was due to begin. Dr Ben Green explains what’s going on with live music in Australia and what it will mean for fans. Claire Nichols explores her new series on the Book Show, My Biggest Book.Plus, the track of the week, Oblivion by Al Di Meola

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• More voices call for change in the leadership of Creative Australia

  An exclusive conversation with the gallerist Josh Milani, who represents Khaled Sabsabi, the artist at the heart of the controversy engulfing Creative Australia. Milani explains how he believes the crisis can be mitigated, shares the importance of events like the Venice Biennale on the commercial art sector, and talks about the personal impact of Creative Australia's decision on Sabsabi and his team.Senator Sarah Hanson-Young joins us to explore the fallout from a fiery senate estimate involving Creative Australia's leadership. And with the federal election approaching, the Greens have launched their arts policy — the senator talks content quotas for the streaming platforms, a living wage for artists, and whether obtaining the balance of power would allow them to implement their policies.Plus the track of the week, Emmanuele by Abel Selaocoe.

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• Creative Australia's leadership faces questioning at Senate estimates

  The fallout over Creative Australia's decision to drop Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino as Australia's representatives to the 2026 Venice Biennale has continued over the last week. A tense meeting between the CEO of Creative Australia, Adrian Collette, the chair of the board, Robert Morgan, and senators during an estimates hearing on Tuesday marked the first public comment by the leadership of that organisation since the decision to remove Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino as the Australian representatives to the 2026 Venice Biennale.Richard Bell, a friend of Sabsabi, adds his voice to calls for Sabsabi's reinstatement.And Emma Maye Gibson, aka Betty Grumble, takes us to the Sydney Mardi Gras to explore how the festival helps to build community and whether those communities are colliding with corporate interests.

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• Resignations and condemnation in the wake of Creative Australia's Venice Biennale decision

  The decision by Creative Australia to cancel their own selection for Australia's representative at the 2026 Venice Biennale has led to shock and condemnation across the arts industry, with several high profile resignations.The announcement came less than a week after Khaled Sabsabi was originally picked, and followed a question by the Shadow Minister for the Arts in Parliament about Sabsabi's work from the mid-2000s.With Associate Professor Tully Barnett, Emeritus Professor John Clark and Penelope Benton, the Executive Director of NAVA, we explore whether there is a precedent for the decision, consider the art itself, and hear why NAVA has described the situation as "a devastating and terrifying moment for artistic freedom in Australia."

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• The human impact of the APY Art Centre Collective investigations and Perth Festival powers up a new site for art

  The remote art centre collective at the heart of claims of white interference in black art has been cleared of any wrongdoing for the fourth and final time. But what was the cost for the organisations and the people who were caught up in the allegations?  Bruce Johnson McLean the former head curator, of First Nations Art at the NGA explains why he's left the major institutions behind for now.From the Tate Modern in London to Sydney's White Bay, converted power stations have become some of the most interesting venues for art in major cities across the world. Now the Perth Festival is joining this tradition, with a new site for art and music at the East Perth Power Station. Festival director Anna Reece explores the past and future of the site.We pay tribute to Uncle Vic Simms and his extraordinary album, The Loner, recorded inside the notorious Bathurst Gaol. 

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