Protective cover on acclaimed artist’s famous painting ‘an effective palette for this radical protest’, great-granddaughter says

First Nations writer’s work, which has now won seven awards, praised by judges as ‘fiercely original exploration of Australia’s past and its enduring consequences’

Music promoter Paul Sloan says ‘high fees charged by Ticketmaster and Ticketek are not representative of the services offered’

Winning design has seven gardens weaving around the gallery on the shores of Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin, doubling its showcase space

Multinational claims upcoming ABC report into it will likely be ‘inaccurate and unbalanced’ as experts say without intervention smaller venues will struggle to survive

Liverpool mayor Ned Mannoun just shrugs and smiles after his council’s ‘magnificent’ Yellamundie is outshone by $300m Beijing Library

Freedom of information documents reveal mining magnate lobbying National Gallery chair over Vincent Namatjira portraits

Jayson Gillham claims he was ‘silenced for speaking the truth’ and says situation ‘strikes at the heart of our right to free speech’

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra chief executive Caroline Sharpen says there are ‘too many unanswered questions … around noise and vibration’

Tasmania’s supreme court handed down its decision in the discrimination case on Friday, sending it back to a tribunal

Lawyer says installation was ‘not about bringing another group down’ as gallery appeals decision ordering it to admit men

Six student teams named as finalists in pattern book contest to develop pre-approved designs and cut red tape

Judges praise book as ‘profoundly relevant’, with Daniel Browning, Amy Crutchfield and Will Kostakis also winning in their categories

Neither price gouging nor sudden increases are illegal, as long as consumers are not misled – but consumer and music industry advocates hope artists take a stand