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MEDIA RELEASE COURTESY OF: The City of Melbourne WE ARE SORRY By Cathy Busby 620-640 Little Bourke Street (between King and Spencer streets) In a large-sign format, Canadian artist Cathy Busby presents We Are Sorry, a work composed of excerpts from the 2008 landmark apologies to Aboriginal peoples for policies of assimilation, delivered by Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Stephen Harper (Canada).

Largely in response to industry criticisms and government intervention, amendments have been made to the Google Book Settlement, with details being released in New York over the weekend. The new deal has some significant changes for Australian rightsholders.

Originally founded to address the lack of women in key decision-making roles in the cultural sector, Brisbane’s 2high Festival – named after a circus move where one performer stands on the shoulders of another – has, since 2007, supported young people of any gender and provided them with a step up into the world of professional arts practice.

PRESS RELEASE COURTESY OPERA FOUNDATION AUSTRALIA Opera Foundation Australia is delighted to announce Kathleen Parker as the winner of the prestigious 2009 Audi German Opera Scholarship, which was announced at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music last night during a public recital by the six finalists.