Creative Australia’s review casts doubts, DOGE’s approval is on the decline and there is lots of shade being thrown around in Big Tech.
Creative Australia’s review process of its Venice Biennale 2026 decision raises plenty of WTF now?! questions and a seasoned arts leaders questions if the sector does enough to address class diversity.
DOGE’s approval rating is in decline, but are the DOGE days over? With Trump now targeting DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) programs in Australian and US universities perhaps not?
Also, there is a lot of shade being thrown around in Big Tech at the moment. Blusky is sassing Mark Zuckerberg, and so is a former employee. Also, OpenAI goes fearmonger on DeepSeek. And private by default search service and web browser Brave goes head-to-head with News Corp over AI search summaries.
And cities across the world are experiencing ‘global weirding’. It’s a real mixed bag this week!
What's been going on?
Here’s WTF happened this week:
Creative Australia governance review announced in response to the Venice Biennale decision
With more pressure from the arts sector, governance advisory firm Blackhall and Pearl has been appointed to review Creative Australia’s Venice Biennale 2026 decision.
