Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport media releases

A career-expanding opportunity is now open for creative practitioners with disability or who are d/Deaf to gain hands-on experience and grow their professional network with some of NSW’s leading arts, screen and music organisations. 

Marking the start of Ausmusic Month today, Sound NSW is providing a much-needed funding boost to the state’s contemporary music industry, with musicians and industry professionals to be supported year-round to travel and connect with new audiences and industry contacts locally and internationally, through Sound NSW’s new expanded Touring and Travel Fund. 

Individual creative practitioners and arts and cultural organisations in NSW can now apply for funding that better meets their needs with five new Project and Multi-year funding rounds opening today. 

The future of New South Wales’s night-time economy took centre stage last night as teams of local businesses from across the state gathered at Fortress Sydney, unveiling innovative plans to transform their communities into must-visit going-out hubs at the 2024 Uptown Accelerator District Showcase.

Online bookmaker O’Shea Bookmaking Pty Ltd, trading as TexBet, has been fined $33,000 for sending gambling ads and accepting new bets from a customer who had tried to close their betting account.  

Liquor & Gaming NSW has kicked off a compliance blitz on new gaming harm minimisation measures, ahead of additional training requirements coming into force for senior staff of licensed venues.

From comedy nights and musical theatre to live bands and DJs, venues across the state looking to kick-start or expand their live performance offerings can soon apply for the Live Performance Venue Accelerator program (Round 2).

A new program originating in Albury is set to give teenagers across the state the skills they need to stay safe and feel comfortable when visiting licensed venues for the first time. 

Musicians and industry professionals are invited to bring their expertise to the table and help shape NSW’s contemporary music ecosystem, with Expressions of Interest now open to join Sound NSW’s Industry Assessor Pool. 

Applications are now open for NSW arts, music and screen organisations to participate in the 2025 Createability Internship Program and be matched with talented creative practitioners with disability or who are d/Deaf through paid internships. Supported by Create NSW, Screen NSW and Sound NSW, Createability host organisations are supported to provide meaningful, career-enhancing internships for creatives with disability and play a vital leadership role in helping break down barriers to access and inclusion across the creative industries.