Calling all Sydney creatives
Join us for a free practical session focused on building fair, safe and respectful workplaces in the creative industries.
📅 Thursday 14 May
⏰ 5:30–7:30pm
📍 Sydney CBD
You’ll learn:
✔ How to navigate workplace responsibilities with confidence
✔ Where to access trusted, practical resources (at no cost)
✔ How to manage workplace pressure and psychosocial risks
✔ How to access support services and build healthier work practices
Whether you’re an artist, freelancer or arts worker, we'd love to see you there.
Register via the link in bio.
Payday Super is changing the way businesses pay super.
From 1 July 2026:
✔️ Super must be paid on payday
✔️ Funds must receive payments within 7 business days
✔️ Quarterly super payments will end
✔️ The SBSCH is closing
If you run an organisation or business now’s the time to get prepared.
Learn more via the ATO website
ato.gov.au/paydaysuper
Support is available for creative workers.
Following an independent review of its Wellbeing Helpline, Support Act has launched a new Creative Industries Hub—designed specifically for people working across the arts, culture and creative industries.
The Hub brings together:
✔ Mental health support through the Wellbeing Helpline
✔ Events and programs to build skills and support wellbeing
✔ Training and resources to help you support your peers and colleagues
Whether you’re an artist, freelancer or part of an organisation, these resources are here to support fair, safe and respectful workplaces across the sector.
Explore the Creative Industries Hub today:
supportact.org.au/creative-industries
Today is World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
Creating safe work isn’t just about physical safety, it’s about ensuring work is fair, respectful and supports people’s wellbeing.
At Creative Workplaces, we support the arts, culture and creative industries to build workplaces where people are protected from harm and able to do their best work.
Explore practical guidance on creating safe workplaces at: https://creativeworkplaces.gov.au/creating-safe-workplaces
Consultations are open for Australia’s next National Cultural Policy.
At Creative Workplaces, we know a strong sector relies on workplaces that are fair, safe and respectful. Share your experiences of what’s working and what needs to change to help support better work across the sector.
Your feedback will help shape the next phase of national policy, building on Revive: A Place for every story, a story for every place.
🔗 Visit the link in our bio or head to @ausgovarts for more information
🗓️ Submissions close 11:59pm (AEST), Sunday 24 May 2026
Photo: (L–R) Tyisha Lui, Krishana Pearson, Jessica Meeks modelling for Felicity Chapman, CIAF Fashion Performance, Light the Fire, 2024
If you run a business or engage people in your work, you’re responsible for keeping them safe.
This includes employers, freelancers, companies, collectives, and organisations across the creative industries.
Your responsibilities extend to workers, volunteers, audiences and anyone interacting with your work.
That means managing risks, providing safe systems, consulting with your team, and making sure people have the information they need to work safely.
No matter your role, everyone has a part to play in workplace safety.
Learn more at creativeworkplaces.gov.au/whs-roles
If you’re in a leadership role, you may be an officer under WHS laws.
That means you’re responsible for making sure your organisation has the right systems in place to keep people safe — and that they’re working in practice.
This includes understanding key risks, providing the right resources, and regularly reviewing how safety is managed.
Learn more about your role at creativeworkplaces.gov.au/whs-roles
A worker is anyone who contributes to creative work — paid or unpaid.
That includes employees, freelancers, artists, crew and volunteers.
No matter your role, you have responsibilities to help keep workplaces safe — from following safety instructions to speaking up about risks.
Safe workplaces depend on everyone.
Learn more at creativeworkplaces.gov.au/whs-roles
Workplace safety isn’t just one person’s job — it’s everyone’s responsibility.
Your WHS duties depend on your role, and in the arts and culture and creative industries that role can change often.
If you’re working across projects, gigs or collaborations, it’s important to understand what’s expected of you.
Learn more at creativeworkplaces.gov.au/whs-roles
Creative Workplaces has commenced development of a national Code for the contemporary music industry—a practical step to support better workplace culture across the sector.
This work responds to issues identified in the Raising Their Voices report, including sexual harassment, bullying and systemic discrimination, and builds on the leadership already shown across the industry.
The Code will be developed in partnership with the sector, with opportunities for artists, workers and organisations to contribute.
Read the full media release at creativeworkplaces.gov.au/news
Not every difficult situation at work is bullying. But some behaviours go beyond disagreement—and can cause real harm.
In creative work it’s not always easy to tell where the line is.
Most people want to do the right thing—but expectations aren’t always clear.
Workplace bullying is about more than a single moment.
It’s repeated, unreasonable behaviour that creates a risk to someone’s health and safety.
Understanding that difference matters.
Because fair, safe and respectful workplaces don’t happen by accident, they’re built through clear expectations and informed action.
Know the signs. Know your options.
👉 Learn how to recognise and respond to workplace bullying:
creativeworkplaces.gov.au/bullying
On International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC – @aushumanrights ) reminds us that ending racism takes more than awareness – it takes action.
At Creative Workplaces, we’re focused on what that action looks like in practice.
Racial discrimination can show up at any stage of work – from hiring practices to everyday behaviour. Understanding it is the first step to preventing it.
Creating safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces is something we all have a role in.
Learn more about workplace discrimination →
creativeworkplaces.gov.au/workplace-discrimination (or at the link in bio)
