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QANTAS announces changes to carriage of musical instrument policy

QANTAS has announced changes to their existing musical instrument policy, through a dedicated Musicians Additional Baggage Allowance which sets out to assist artists when travelling with a musical instrument or touring equipment. The offer includes a free baggage allowance of three pieces (at 23kgs per piece) for artists. This baggage allowance is available on Qantas and QantasLink domestic

AMIN AND TRAVEL BEYOND GROUP ANNOUNCE TRAVEL DEAL FOR MUSICIANS

Australian musicians are set to save thousands of dollars a year in touring costs after a new preferred supplier deal negotiated between the Australian Music Industry Network and Travel Beyond Group. In an Australian first, Travel Beyond Group has designed a dedicated travel portal available to members of AMIN’s associated state and territory bodies which offers discounted Virgin

PPCA & Australia Council Recording Grant Recipients Announced

The PPCA and the Australia Council have announced the recipients of five recording grants offered under a joint initiative between the two organisations. Five grants of $15,000 were offered to assist Australian artists creating new sound recordings.   Minister for the Arts, Senator Brandis welcomed this valuable partnership to support musicians. “The Australian Government strongly supports partnerships such as

IAM: Indigenous Arts Mentorship Recipients Announced

Congratulations to the ten young Indigenous creatives that have been selected to take part in the IAM: Indigenous Arts Mentorship, which matches the emerging creatives, aged between 16 and 25, with arts industry professionals. This group of young creatives demonstrated strong passion and determination to pursue a career in their artform, which varies across music,

Youth Rock applications closing soon!

Applications for Youth Rock are closing on March 20! Youth Rock is a state-wide talent search band competition held during Youth Week in Sutherland, with past winners including Silverchair, Alex Lloyd and 2009 Australian Idol runner up Hayley Warner.

Let Indent Rock Your Town In 2015!

Indent, the crew behind the annual Indent Tour, are inviting young event teams across NSW to submit expressions of interest to host the Indent Tour in 2015! Indent’s annual regional drug and alcohol free all-ages tour is the only tour of it’s kind in Australia.