July 8, 2025
Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund Celebrates the 2025 Miles Franklin Finalists at Gleebooks The future of Australian literature took centre stage at Gleebooks in Sydney as three of the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award Shortlist authors — Winnie Dunn, Julie Janson and Siang Lu — gathered for a powerful and witty conversation hosted by Sunil Badami. […]
July 7, 2025
Libby Baker, a teacher librarian at Hughes Primary School in the ACT, is the 2025 Reading Australia Fellow for her project Everybody’s Story: Investigating character diversity in Reading Australia and award-winning picture books using a functional grammar analysis. The Reading Australia Fellowship provides $15,000 to a leading English and/or literacy teacher or teacher librarian to undertake a career-enhancing research […]
June 26, 2025
In a significant step toward supporting Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) rights, Copyright Agency was recently invited to lead a workshop at Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa National Park (UKTNP). The invitation came from Parks Australia and the Traditional Owners of the Park from the Anangu community, who jointly manage this iconic cultural and natural heritage site. […]
June 25, 2025
Three first-time nominees are among the six talented writers shortlisted for the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award. They are joined by two previously shortlisted authors and a two-time winner. Announced today by Perpetual as Trustee, alongside Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund, the 2025 shortlist is: Chinese Postman by Brian Castro (Giramondo Publishing) Theory & Practice by […]
June 24, 2025
Copyright Agency unveils new licence offering legal protection for businesses using news in AI. As businesses embrace AI tools like ChatGPT and CoPilot to streamline reporting, analysis and content creation, many are unknowingly using news content in ways that could breach copyright laws. In response, Copyright Agency has launched a new licensing solution incorporating Generative […]
June 17, 2025
EDUtech 2025 brought together thousands of educators, edtech developers and policy leaders to explore the future of learning. Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence dominated the agenda — from keynote stages to classroom demos. As delegates, we saw firsthand the enormous potential of AI in education, as well as the critical questions it raises around policy, pedagogy, and […]
June 12, 2025
Congratulations to the 2025 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Novelists Jumaana Abdu, Winnie Dunn and Katerina Gibson, and this year’s Age Book of the Year winners, Lech Blaine and Rodney Hall. These awards are proudly supported by Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund as part of the Fund’s commitment to nurturing Australian voices and bringing Australian stories […]
June 12, 2025
Congratulations to our members who were recognised in this year’s King’s Honours List. Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) John Maxwell (JM) Coetzee, for eminent service to the arts, particularly literature, to literary studies, to tertiary education, and to animal welfare. Recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in literature, Coetzee is the author of […]
