Any policy interventions from Creative Australia to support visual and craft artists’ incomes will need to take a sector-wide approach.
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The average Australian female artist is better educated than her male counterpart but earns significantly less than him, new research shows. And artists’ incomes are declining in real terms.
In Australia, musicians’ total income actually went up last year. While the music industry still faces many challenges, there is now a world-wide push to boost artists’ royalties paid by streaming services such as Spotify.
From crowdfunding to giving circles, the arts philanthropy landscape is rapidly changing. But could governments be doing more to emulate overseas policies that foster a culture of giving?
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Associate Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, English, Communications and Performance Studies, Monash University
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Professor of Music, University of Newcastle
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Distinguished Professor of Economics, Macquarie University
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Senior Researcher Music Export and Technology, University of Newcastle
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Research Project Director at the Department of Economics, Macquarie University
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Associate professor, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, School of Art, RMIT University
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Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne
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Research Assistant, RMIT University
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Associate Professor/Reader in Economics, The University of Melbourne
