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Supporting and promoting contemporary Australian music.

Music Australia is a dedicated new body within Creative Australia, which exists to support and invest in the Australian contemporary music industry. We empower artists, foster industry growth and enhance cultural impact through strategic investment programs and advocacy. Music Australia has been deliberately designed to reach into the commercial sectors, where traditional grants funding models have been limited. 

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Music Australia co-invests $1.7 million with Australian record labels to drive the breakthrough of Australian recording artists

Music Australia has announced the recipients of the Record Label Development Scheme, and the inaugural Marketing & Manufacturing Grants, matched-funding initiatives designed to boost the development and advancement of Australian recorded music.

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04 Feb 2026

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Supporting the global ambitions of Australian artists: Music Australia announces the latest recipients of the Export Development Fund

39 projects will receive investment through Music Australia’s Export Development Fund, supporting Australian artists, producers and composers to undertake career-defining activities around the world.

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09 Dec 2025

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Sound Fair? New research provides vital snapshot of Australia’s art music commissioning landscape

Music Australia has today released a new report examining the commissioning environment faced by Australian creators of art music.

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04 Dec 2025

The Luminescence Chamber Singers perform Andrew Ford’s Red Dirt Hymns at the National Museum of Australia during the 2024 Canberra International Music Festival.
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Music Australia co-invests $1.7 million with Australian record labels to drive the breakthrough of Australian recording artists

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04 Feb 2026

Supporting the global ambitions of Australian artists: Music Australia announces the latest recipients of the Export Development Fund

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09 Dec 2025

Sound Fair? New research provides vital snapshot of Australia’s art music commissioning landscape

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04 Dec 2025

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MUSIC AUSTRALIA EXPORT DEVELOPMENT FUND: International Performance and Touring Activity

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MUSIC AUSTRALIA EXPORT DEVELOPMENT FUND: International Professional and Artistic Development

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MUSIC AUSTRALIA EXPORT DEVELOPMENT FUND: International Market and Audience Development

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Music Australia research

The Luminescence Chamber Singers perform Andrew Ford’s Red Dirt Hymns at the National Museum of Australia during the 2024 Canberra International Music Festival.

Sound Fair? An analysis of art music commissioning in Australia

This report aims to establish a snapshot of current commissioning rates and commissioning practices in the art music industry.

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Music Festival Insurance Study:  A summary by Creative Australia

In recent years, Australia’s live music industry has faced a raft of new challenges, including a rapid increase in insurance costs. This study examines insurance conditions for music festivals.

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The Bass Line: Charting the economic contribution of Australia’s music industry

The Bass Line is the first comprehensive, end-to-end analysis of the economic contribution of the Australian music industry.

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Maria Moles

“There's a lot more freedom when I'm improvising”: drummer Maria Moles on experimenting

Inventive Naarm-based drummer and composer Maria Moles has a new piece in the works, and recently toured Japan with the help of Music Australia. We spoke with her about the benefits of playing across multiple bands, the freedom of improvising and touring as an art-music act.

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Bumpy

“Singing these stories about Blak pride had never felt more powerful”: neo-soul singer Bumpy on touring the UK and her new album

“I was already loaded to be like, ‘All right, I'm showing up and I'm going to stamp my feet and tell my story in the place of the coloniser'."

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Ninajirachi is leading the charge for new generation EDM in Australia

Nina Wilson, AKA Ninajirachi, was obsessed with dance music as a young teenager during the boom years of EDM in the early 2010s.

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations Peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions.

We are privileged to gather on this Country and through this website to share knowledge, culture and art now, and with future generations.

First Nations Peoples should be aware that this website may contain images or names of people who have died.
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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways, and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions. We are privileged to gather on this Country and to share knowledge, culture and art, now and with future generations.

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