October 8, 2025
We’re delighted to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our members recently recognised in major Australian and international literary awards. The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards recognise individual excellence and the contribution that Australian writers, poets, illustrators and historians make to the nation’s cultural and intellectual life. Congratulations to our winning members in the 2025 Awards: Fiction […]
October 3, 2025
Australian AI startups are publicly committing to paying Australians for the use of their content for AI development. They include Sovereign Australia AI and Maincode (whose CEO gave evidence at this week’s Senate inquiry on implications of AI for Australian culture). Copyright Agency has met with representatives of each company to better understand their plans, […]
October 2, 2025
Copyright Agency announces Australian artist Heather B. Swann as the next recipient of the Copyright Agency Partnerships (CAP) Commission. Swann will present the $80,000 commission, The Forests of Symbols, at UNSW Galleries, Sydney, from 4 September to 22 November 2026. Heather B. Swann has established a formidable reputation as a maker of sculptural objects, ink […]
August 14, 2025
Copyright Agency is pleased to announce a licensing agreement with the Northern Territory Government that secures copyright royalties for the creators of surveying plans used in the Territory. The agreement covers a retrospective period and forward licensing from 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2028. Through this agreement, more than $66,500 in copyright royalties will […]
August 8, 2025
Copyright Agency has announced $650,000 in grants through its Cultural Fund to support Australian writers, visual artists and creative organisations. This latest funding round includes Create Grants for individual writers and artists to develop new work, and grants to organisations for audience development and sector leadership projects. This investment underscores the Cultural Fund’s commitment to […]
August 6, 2025
Copyright Agency welcomes the Government’s continued support for Australia’s world-leading copyright system. In an interview on ABC today Industry Minister Tim Ayres said that the Government had no plans to change Australia’s copyright law in relation to artificial intelligence (AI), and that there is no ambiguity about its application to the use of other people’s […]
August 4, 2025
Sportsgirl has launched a vibrant new range of reusable charity tote bags in support of headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation, featuring licensed artworks by four young First Nations artists. The artworks – which explore themes of mental health, identity and resilience – were licensed by Copyright Agency on behalf of the artists, ensuring fair […]
July 31, 2025
UWA Publishing and the Copyright Agency is excited to announce that the winner of the 2025 Dorothy Hewett Award is Mohammed Massoud Morsi for his unpublished fiction manuscript The Hair of the Pigeon. Morsi will receive a publishing contract and manuscript development with UWA Publishing and $10,000 prize money courtesy of the Copyright Agency’s Cultural […]
