Daily Archives: 11/09/2023

Recently the Victorian Government announced it has increased the number of jobs covered by the Victorian Sick Pay Guarantee pilot initiative, which will now be extended until March 2025.

The initiative provides eligible casual, contract and self-employed workers access to up to 38 hours a year of sick and carer’s pay at the national minimum wage ($23.23 per hour).

More than 400 new jobs – including more than 100 in the arts and creative industries – are now eligible for the Victorian Government’s Sick Pay Guarantee, including some roles relevant to the music sector. The full list of Arts and creative industries workers is available via vic.gov.au/sickpayguarantee

Next weekend will be the biggest of this campaign – as tens of thousands of people around the country Walk for Yes.

There will be speeches, live music acts from leading Australian artists, including Paul Kelly (more announcements soon!) and an outpouring of mass public support for Yes. It will generate the kind of energy and positivity that a campaign against a Voice simply can’t match.

Together we’ll show the millions of undecided voters what it looks like to move forward to constitutional recognition and a Voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in a positive, unified way.

We do have one problem – so many people are signing up to attend that we have to quickly expand our horizons for Walk for Yes.

Putting on events like this around the country is a huge task. We need stages for our musicians and speakers, sound systems so they can be heard, thousands of high-vis vests for volunteers, marquees, and more, the list goes on. And we need to do this in every capital city + dozens of regional centres. We need your help to pull it off.

Chip in to help fund the biggest weekend of the Yes campaign.

The Walk for Yes weekend is critical, because it builds the momentum for our final countdown to the polls – from remote early voting on 25 September, to when they close at 6pm on 14 October.

Our energies will go to having as many conversations with as many voters as possible, on their doorsteps, on the phones and in our communities.

From there we’ll be ensuring as many volunteers as possible are at polling booths, handing out how-to-vote cards and encouraging people to vote Yes.

The more people we can reach and mobilise in the Walk for Yes weekend, the stronger our campaign will be the rest of the way. Can you help make it a huge success?

On 4 September 2023, the Federal Government announced the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Closing Loopholes) Bill 2023 which introduces a series of further reforms to Australia’s workplace relations and industrial laws.

Given our unique position in advising industry bodies and providing feedback to the Government on legislative reform and policy matters, we are pleased to bring you this 60-minute session which will update you on the specific details of the changes and the impact these changes are likely to have on your business.

Presented by industry experts, Luis Izzo and Julian Arndt this session will address the reforms brought in by the Closing Loopholes Bill in the following areas:

Contracts: Casuals and Contractors
Pay and Unions
Road Transport

Watch a replay here

Summary document here:

IR_Reforms_Summary

This anonymous national survey from Music Victoria has emerged from a huge number of conversations, comments in passing, and wider research that has yielded very limited results regarding salaries and personal earnings in the music business.

We all have a right to clear financial expectations. This allows us to:
– understand potential career pathways;
– make informed life choices;
– accurately value our vital contributions.

Pay confidentiality clauses are now banned in employment contracts, The Raising Their Voices report shone a spotlight on gender and diversity inequality in Australian music and the gender pay gap is still 13% in 2023.

As such, we sincerely urge you contribute your anonymous insights to enable all of us to better understand and ultimately shape the industry’s renumeration landscape.

All survey responses are 100% anonymous and reporting will be on trends only.

Please note that this survey is not for musicians or composer, instead it is focused on the less documented supporting roles that surround and enable the music makers.

START SURVEY

The Survey will close at midnight on 17 September and the Report will be published in November 2023.

Thank you all for ensuring the survey reaches as many people as possible. The greater the responses we receive the more we can identify and address the challenges of the music industry and ensure its renumeration levels enables everyone to thrive.

Creative Australia has announced the appointment of Millie Millgate to lead the work of Music Australia.

Millie is known to all of us as heading up Sounds Australia, where she has managed the presentation of over 2200 Australian artists on global show stages since 2009, covering 86 different international events, in 75 cities, across 26 countries.

Millie Millgate said,

“Music Australia is a once in a generation opportunity and I am truly honoured, excited, and ready to embrace the challenges and lead the change required to shape and grow a flourishing and sustainable industry. Success will take an enormous team effort and I am looking forward to working with the team at Creative Australia, the terrific Music Australia Council, trusted and valued colleagues across our vibrant sector, and all levels and portfolios of government. Let’s go!”

All of us at the ALMBC say congrats Millie! We look forward to working closely with you and wish you every success.

Full story here.