Compliance by participating collecting societies with the Code’s standards of conduct is the subject of an independent annual review.

Joint statement from AMPAL, APRA AMCOS, ARIA PPCA, Australian Publishers Association, Australian Society of Authors, Australian Writers’ Guild, AWG Authorship Collecting Society, Copyright Agency and Screenrights. The Copyright Advisory Group (CAG) is seeking concessions that go significantly further than what the Australian Government consulted introduced into Parliament. Friday 20 March 2026 – Australian authors, songwriters, recording artists, visual artists, photographers

Australian creative workers have criticized the Productivity Commission’s lack of meaningful action to support the growth of Australia’s creative industries in its final report on Harnessing Data and Digital Technologies, with the Friday 19 December release date drawing attention.