Carriageworks enters voluntary administration

“The board remain hopeful that the Carriageworks facility will be able re-open to artists and community alike once NSW emerges from the effects of the current pandemic.” The sydney Writers’ Festival, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia, the design event Semi Permanent, part of the Vivid program, and its weekly Farmers Market were among events lost when…

FSG Australia CEO Vicki Batten unleashes Linkedin rant on employees

A Queensland CEO has taken to social media to vent about her colleagues, labelling them ‘toxic’, ‘annoying’ and likening them to ‘energy-sapping cancer’. Vicki Batten, who heads community organisation FSG Australia, posted the rant to her LinkedIn account on the weekend, sparking an inundation of backlash from former colleagues and associates. “The catty gossip. The…

Carriageworks Goes Into Voluntary Administration

Australia’s largest contemporary multi-arts centre, Carriageworks, says the sudden cancellation and postponement of six months of works due to the Covid-19 lockdown has caused an irreparable loss of income, giving it no other choice but to appoint voluntary administrators. “With restrictions on social gatherings likely to remain in place for some time to come, the…