The Hon Tony Burke MP

More than 1,600 souls were lost when the Chinese trade ship Tek Sing ran aground on a reef and sank off the Indonesian coast in 1822.

So great was the loss of life, the shipwreck was later referred to as the “Titanic of the East.”

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has today released the first results under new Australian content reporting for metropolitan commercial television broadcasters. 

Australia has lost three giants of music and entertainment in just over a week.

Olivia Newton-John, Judith Durham and Archie Roach all showcased Australian stories to the world in their own way.

Some of Australia’s finest artistic and creative minds will help guide the development of the Albanese Labor Government’s landmark National Cultural Policy.

What a loss.

Archie Roach was proof that music could change lives and move hearts.

Music changed his life and his music changed Australia.

The Albanese Labor Government will boost support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to express, preserve and maintain their cultures through languages and the arts.

The Albanese Labor Government is committed to protecting First Nations artists and businesses from the scourge of fake visual arts and crafts.

The Albanese Labor Government is supporting the resurgence of arts and cultural events throughout regional and remote Australia, with 14 projects to share in over $630,000 under Round 14 of the Festivals Australia program.

The Albanese Labor Government will fund 38 arts projects in regional and remote communities under the first round of the 2022 Regional Arts Fund Project Grants.

The Albanese Labor Government will consult with artists and creators across Australia as we develop a new National Cultural Policy that will bring drive, direction and vision back to the arts industry.

I was saddened to hear of the passing of preeminent Australian author and journalist, Frank Moorhouse AM, on Sunday at the age of 83.