July 27, 2023
Risky business: Do you know how content is used in your business? New research conducted by Fiftyfive5, an independent market research agency, on behalf of Copyright Agency, highlights the widespread use of 3rd party content within Australian businesses and a general complacency about copyright. The research shows that 2 out of 3 white collar workers […]
July 26, 2023
Shankari Chandran has won the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award for her novel, Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens, published by Ultimo Press. On winning the award, Chandran said: “It’s such an honour to win the Miles Franklin Literary Award, honestly, I’m still in shock. To be recognised among my Australian writing peers in this way […]
July 26, 2023
Wendy Mocke has been awarded the 2023 Griffin Award for new Australian playwriting for her play I am Kegu. Kegu, a Papua New Guinean woman who cares for her elderly mother in their village is pressured into getting married and becoming a second wife to the son of a village chief. Rallying against this arrangement, […]
July 25, 2023
As we have previously communicated to members, we are seeking data from the school sector using modern technologies that minimise adminstrative burden for teachers. In April 2019, we let members know that we had negotiated a four-year agreement with representatives of the school sector for January 2019 to December 2022 (see here). We said: The […]
July 20, 2023
Last month, business leaders from the surveying industry gathered in Sydney for the 2023 National Surveying Congress. As well as providing an opportunity for surveyors to come together to discuss the issues facing their sector and focus on growth for the future, the Congress also hosted the Surveying Consultancy Excellence Awards. We are so pleased […]
July 17, 2023
Copyright Agency Board supports the Voice to Parliament Copyright Agency serves its members from the land of the Gadigal. We pay respect to all Elders past and present, and we recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as Australia’s original and continuous storytellers and artists. The Copyright Agency Board acknowledges the invitation extended to all of […]
July 10, 2023
Vale Caroline Morgan Copyright Agency is saddened to learn that Caroline Morgan passed away on 8 July. Caroline worked in senior positions at Copyright Agency from 1989 until 2016, when she headed to Brussels to become CEO of the International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations. Caroline was a key contributor to the growth of Copyright […]
July 4, 2023
Bridget Forster, a Victorian teacher with more than 20 years of experience, is the 2023 Reading Australia Fellow for Teachers of English and Literacy and teacher librarians. Bridget is the Head of Kerferd Library and VCE Literature Teacher at Mentone Girls Grammar. The Reading Australia Fellowship provides $15,000 to a leading English and/or literacy teacher […]
