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 […]
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 […]
