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Attorney-General George Brandis last month mentioned a ­“three-strikes policy” as a potential tactic in helping to solve the ongoing copyright infringement problem in Australia. Consumer rights…

A lengthy price list for artist booking prices has surfaced online with a handful of acts raking in over one million per gig. Of the 154 acts reportedly taking home over US$100,000 per event, the…

Spotify has released a set of new local and global figures, coinciding with its second birthday in Australia. They reveal that Flume is the most-streamed act on home soil. Flume takes the title of…

This week we catch Kylie and Lily Allen at Cannes, triple j host another wild One Night Stand at Mildura with Illy, Violent Soho and Jungle Giants, MTV’s Kate Peck interviews Ricki-Lee and more. If…

Talks which mooted the potential acquisition of SoundCloud by social media behemoth Twitter have apparently collapsed, despite a media flurry announcing the news yesterday. The suggestion, first…

Alberts has announced that it has acquired the publishing catalogue of songwriting legend Hal David, through its representation of selected BMG-controlled catalogues in APRA territories. The…

Tourism WA’s "destination Perth" strategy, launched in March, has encouraged three music-themed cafes to set up in Western Australia. A report in The West Australian said that Hard Rock Café, Cafe…

The four original members of The Seekers and jazz pianist Paul Grabowsky were among those made Officers of the Order of Australia (AO) in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list. The Seekers’…

After an impressive 2013 debut, St Jerome’s Laneway Festival has been forced to cancel its 2014 Detroit event. A statement posted to the Facebook page last night by promoter Danny Rogers outlines the…

Australia Council has selected folk rock musician Ben Wright Smith to spend three months in the US later this year as part of its Nashville Songwriter Residency. The initiative, now in its second…