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After five years in the role, ABC Director of Radio, Kate Dundas, is leaving the broadcaster in July. She will take up a scholarship with the Vincent Fairfax Fellowship through the Centre for Ethical…

Melbourne’s Music Advisory Committee has presented a draft, three-year Music Strategy for the city designed to position it as the “music capital of Australia”. The report calls on Council and music…

In a first for the country music industry, a weekly airplay chart will be published that accurately reflects what is playing on radio nationally. It will be managed by music publisher and charts…

A collective made up of musicians, academics, association heads, radio broadcasters, governmental advisers and festival promoters this week launched The Music Trust. Dr. Richard Letts AM, its…

Thundamentals Something I Said (ft. Thom Crawford) Blue Mountains-born Thundamentals had a great 2013 with their single Smiles Don’t Lie, which came in at #32 in the Hottest 100 of that year. Now…

Neil Young spoke to an attentive crowd of music lovers yesterday, on the first day of SXSW’s music program, addressing the issues surrounding the sale of low-quality mp3s. The music legend took to…

Frontier Touring has rescheduled dates for the postponed Rolling Stones tour, adding two additional shows in the process: one at Perth Arena, and another at the Hope Estate Winery in the Hunter…

AIR, Sounds Australia and the PPCA will take members from Australian independent labels to Indie Week in New York this June. Last year the three industry bodies took a delegation of ten members to…

Creative rights protection online has once again become a hot topic for discussion with the recent keynote delivered by Attorney General George Brandis. In light of his comments and today’s biennial…

In the wake of last night’s (AEST) vehicular manslaughter at South By Southwest festival in Austin, which left two people dead, a press conference was held at the scene to discuss today’s…