December 4, 2025
The 70th Walkley Awards were announced on 27 November 2025. Warm congratulations to all our Copyright Agency members who were recognised for their excellence in journalism: Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett took home the prestigious 2025 Gold Walkley for an investigation into the systemic failures in childcare, presented as a series of stories on 7.30, Four […]
December 4, 2025
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund is pleased to announce timely grants for individuals and organisations in the final round of funding for 2025. Launched earlier this year, the revamped Publishing Fellowships are designed to provide support specifically for mid-career professionals in Australian book publishing as they embark on new career enhancing projects. From 11 eligible applications […]
December 2, 2025
Copyright Agency and the Australian Tutoring Association (ATA) have entered into a new partnership to promote copyright awareness and best practice standards across the tutoring industry. The partnership builds on a shared commitment to supporting ethical practices and ensuring tutors understand their rights and responsibilities when using third party material. Through this collaboration ATA members […]
November 26, 2025
Copyright Agency’s Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday 26 November 2025. At the board meeting following the AGM, four directors were re-appointed to the board. As part of our constituted board structure, Copyright Agency has two representatives each from the Australian Publishers Association (APA) and the Australian Society of Authors (ASA). Sophie Cunningham AM will continue to represent the ASA, and Cath Godfrey will continue to represent the […]
November 20, 2025
The report by the Annual Code Reviewer on collecting societies’ compliance with the Code of Conduct in 2024-25 is now available here. The objectives of the Code are to facilitate efficient and fair outcomes for members and licensees by: promoting awareness of and access to information about copyright or the resale royalty right or both and […]
November 6, 2025
We welcome the introduction of the Albanese Government’s Copyright Amendment Bill to introduce an ‘orphan works’ scheme and to facilitate online learning. The new orphan works scheme recognises the value of creative and cultural content held by institutions, while providing protections for copyright owners to be recognised if they are later identified. The Bill also […]
October 30, 2025
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund has announced the three recipients of its prestigious 2025 Fellowships for established and emerging Australian writers. Each year, the Cultural Fund awards two $80,000 Fellowships to support mid-career or established writers to sustain their creative practice over 12 months. The Frank Moorhouse Fellowship for Young Writers, now in its third year, […]
October 27, 2025
Copyright Agency congratulates the Attorney General Michelle Rowland and the Albanese Government on the announcement today that the Government will not be watering down the copyright protections that provide essential support for Australian authors, artists and publishers to thrive in the age of AI. In resisting the pressure from multinational AI developers for copyright exemptions […]
