As music festival season ramps up, artists can help shine a light on an ‘invisible’ workforce

By Deanna Grant-Smith, Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast
Jessica O'Bryan, Lecturer in Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of the Sunshine Coast
Scott Harrison, Professor and Director, Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University

Around Australia, music festival season is once again kicking into high gear. Yet behind every headline act is a vast and often invisible workforce of stage crew, sound engineers, lighting techs, riggers, truck drivers, backup singers, dancers and other support staff.

Many of these workers endure precarious conditions – dealing with inconsistent contracts, long hours and excessive travel. These issues aren’t confined to Australia’s arts…

Read complete article

~	The sentence demanded in the case of jailed Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu is 2,430 years

~	Disability rights are shaped by the narratives embedded in policies like the Accessible Canada Act and MAID

~	Our food has too many toxins and not enough nutrients – but we already have the tools to fix it

~	AI promises efficiency, but it’s also amplifying labour inequality

~	‘A united left? It’s been tanked’ – what I heard when I went to Your Party’s first conference

~	Could electric vehicle battery waste fix concrete’s carbon problem?

~	Why the future of psychedelic medicine might not be psychedelic at all

~	Sri Lanka’s latest climate-driven floods expose flaws in disaster preparations – here’s what needs to change

~	Kimchi may boost immune function, recent study shows

~	How European colonisation has created more animal hybrids