With parliament still on winter break, last week's most explosive revelations in Canberra came from the Senate committee examining the government's proposed gambling reforms.

While Australia’s parliamentarians were frocking up for the Midwinter Ball last week, representatives of the nation’s authors, musicians and artists were in Canberra pleading for assurances that the government would not water down copyright laws, as part of a deal with giant tech firms to build $50bn worth of new data centres across the country.

Following the news that there will be a Bluesfest in 2026, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young and Richmond Candidate Mandy Nolan launched the Greens festivals support package at Bluesfest on Saturday.

The last legislative action of the Albanese government before the election was announced said it all, sadly – they teamed up with the Liberal and National parties to further weaken Australian environmental protection.

Greens spokesperson for the environment Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is calling for a federal investment of $20 million a year into a National Wildlife Rescue Strategy.

Following the Prime Minister’s dumping of nature protection laws this week, federal Greens candidate Mandy Nolan says the voters of Richmond deserve better.

None are suffering financially more than those in the arts and entertainment industries and there has been very little in the way of government support for those whose full-time income relies on creative work.