Despite the removal of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions and a strong economic recovery, live music venues in Victoria continue to struggle. This paper explores proposals to resolve some of the challenges that live music venues face including reforms to government funding, levies on major live music events as a revenue source for smaller venues, voucher programs...

This report provides data on the barriers and motivations for Australians' attendance at live music events. It finds that music is important to the majority of Australians but cost is a barrier to attending live music events and people are prioritising major international acts at large venues.

The live music industry forms a critical part of Australia’s wider cultural and creative industries which contribute $21.8 billion to Australia's Gross Domestic Product. This report is on the challenges and opportunities within the Australian live music industry and makes recommendations to strengthen the industry, including introducing a tax offset and monitoring anti-competitive activities.

This report shows that creative and cultural engagement provides an unexpected edge to respond to Australia’s deepest challenges. It brings together new insights about the impacts of culture and creativity for these key public policy discussions, and presents opportunities for stakeholders to harness the benefits of creative and cultural engagement across Australia.

This report captures the perspectives of creative professionals across Australia and New Zealand to explore the relationship between music and artificial intelligence, highlighting the economic, cultural and regulatory implications of this rapidly evolving market.