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With a view to recognising the significance of First Nations' culture and celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait artists, and art as a vehicle for and an expression of self-determination and sovereignty, in this podcast Arts Law CEO, Dr Louise Buckingham, discusses the intersection between art for Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs), your artwork and the law.   See our information sheet, Creating Artwork for a RAP.   In the podcast, we refer to: 

• Reconciliation Action Week 2025
• Creative Australia Protocols 
• Creative Australia and Arts Law's Digital Download

Music by moodmode from Pixaby Produced at Haymarket Creative by Angela Stretch Correspondence to: artslaw@artslaw.com.au https://www.artslaw.com.au/ The Arts Law Centre of Australia acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and all Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples’ continuing connection to land, place, waters and community. We pay our respects to them, their heritage and cultures; and to elders both past and present.

Guide to Tattoos, Intellectual Property, and the Law In this podcast, hear CEO Dr Louise Buckingham discuss the intersection between tattoos and the law. With thanks to Dr Marie Hadley of the University of Newcastle, tattooist Adam McDade, and Arts Law secondee lawyer from McCullough Robertson, Alex Ho, our information about tattoos is here. Other sources of information referred to in this podcast include the Copyright Council's information sheet, Copyright and tattoos; Copyright Agency's article, Tattoo licence brings new meaning to the term 'body art'. Information from Arts Law's website about Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (Moral Rights is also referred to, in addition to Copyright Council's, Moral Rights fact sheet; and Creative Australia's, Protocols for using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts. Music by moodmode from Pixaby Produced at Haymarket Creative by Angela Stretch Correspondence to: artslaw@artslaw.com.au https://www.artslaw.com.au/ The Arts Law Centre of Australia acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and all Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples’ continuing connection to land, place, waters and community. We pay our respects to them, their heritage and cultures; and to elders both past and present.

CEO, Dr Louise Buckingham, introduces herself and the organisation, and points to expected challenges and highlights for the year ahead.   Louise references the current government's commitment to standalone Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP) legislation (off the back of Revive, the national cultural policy released in January of 2023); the work of Dr Terri Janke; IP Australia and Ninti One's report; and the Productivity Commission's Study Report - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Visual Arts and Crafts, an initiative begun under the previous government). She also talks about challenges for artists in relation to generative Artificial Intelligence (AI). Music by Dvir Silver and Vlad Krotov on Pixaby Produced at Haymarket Creative by Angela Stretch Correspondence to: artslaw@artslaw.com.au https://www.artslaw.com.au/ The Arts Law Centre of Australia acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and all Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples’ continuing connection to land, place, waters and community. We pay our respects to them, their heritage and cultures; and to elders both past and present.