Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport media releases

Musicians and industry professionals are invited to bring their expertise to the table and help shape NSW’s contemporary music ecosystem, with Expressions of Interest now open to join Sound NSW’s Industry Assessor Pool. 

Applications are now open for NSW arts, music and screen organisations to participate in the 2025 Createability Internship Program and be matched with talented creative practitioners with disability or who are d/Deaf through paid internships. Supported by Create NSW, Screen NSW and Sound NSW, Createability host organisations are supported to provide meaningful, career-enhancing internships for creatives with disability and play a vital leadership role in helping break down barriers to access and inclusion across the creative industries. 

Inspectors from Liquor & Gaming NSW have seized 191 bottles and cans of alcohol from an unlicensed supermarket at Camperdown, in Sydney’s Inner West. 

The company that operated restaurant Mad Down Under Bar and Grill, North Ryde has been fined $6,000 in the Downing Centre Local Court for selling alcohol illegally following a Liquor & Gaming NSW investigation.

Leading night-life experts from across the globe will gather in Sydney for two days this October to discuss the future of night-time economies as the Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner hosts the 2024 NEON Forum.

The latest round of funding under the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants program is now open, with more than $6 million available for community projects across the state.

The NSW Government is enlisting parents in its efforts to protect children from gambling harm in light of statistics showing parental behaviour strongly influences teenage gambling attitudes.

Requiring patrons to walk through a gaming room to leave a south Sydney hotel has seen its licensee prosecuted, convicted, and fined.

Liquor & Gaming NSW compliance officers have headed to the snowfields to help venues prepare for the opening of the snow season this weekend.

FRIDAY*, Gemma Navarrete and Yellowline have been named as the recipients of the 2024 Generations - Western Sydney Music (Early Career) Fellowship, giving these talented up-and-coming solo artists and collectives the support, expert guidance and platform to help amplify their careers.