Summer of thrifty ride:Government brings back free transport,flags public holiday change

Summer of thrifty ride:Government brings back free transport,flags public holiday change

In an event-studded Perth weekend,the state government has announced a repeat of last year’s free public transport over summer.

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The text messages that reveal the pandemonium behind a cancelled music festival
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The text messages that reveal the pandemonium behind a cancelled music festival

The festival made headlines for being “disrespectful”. Now,the organisers are demanding compensation.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Aussie musicians’ international incomes are at an all-time high. But the picture at home is not so healthy
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Aussie musicians’ international incomes are at an all-time high. But the picture at home is not so healthy

Australia is at risk of a “musical brain drain” as artists head overseas in search of better money.

  • byPenry Buckley
Police strip-searched 51 children in a year despite Labor’s promised review

Police strip-searched 51 children in a year despite Labor’s promised review

It has been 12 months since the NSW police minister promised to review the strip-searching of children. She has held only three meetings.

  • byMichael McGowan
Thongs and crowd-surfing:Why live music events can’t afford insurance

Thongs and crowd-surfing:Why live music events can’t afford insurance

A federal inquiry has heard from insurers about rising premiums for venues and festivals. They say unpredictable weather events – and crowd behaviour – are partly to blame.

  • byPenry Buckley
Smashing the brass ceiling:Women take on music’s most blokey genre

Smashing the brass ceiling:Women take on music’s most blokey genre

Freewheeling it may be,but jazz has been stubbornly conservative when it comes to gender. This year’s Melbourne International Jazz Festival line-up reflects a change of tempo.

  • byJane Cornwell
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SXSW Sydney:here’s everything you need to know (including whether to bother)

SXSW Sydney:here’s everything you need to know (including whether to bother)

The music,film,tech and gaming festival from Austin,Texas,is returning for a second year.

  • byPenry Buckley
Brat summer is coming:Charli XCX heading to Australia for festival

Brat summer is coming:Charli XCX heading to Australia for festival

Prepare to see a lot of lime green on the scene with news that pop star Charli XCX is coming to Australia next year.

  • byThomas Mitchell
Joey wanted a fun day out. She ended up being stripped naked and humiliated

Joey wanted a fun day out. She ended up being stripped naked and humiliated

Thousands of people strip searched at music festivals may be owed compensation from NSW Police.

  • byRiley Walter andNick Newling
Costly NSW festival laws to be revamped,all-age music events encouraged

Costly NSW festival laws to be revamped,all-age music events encouraged

The Minns government will introduce a bill this week axing controversial requirements blamed for driving up the costs of staging festivals.

  • byLinda Morris
Last east coast festival standing? Funding to keep Woodford alive

Last east coast festival standing? Funding to keep Woodford alive

A new government funding package will help make the arts and culture festival more resilient to the economic shocks that have rocked other events.

  • byCourtney Kruk