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A report of Arts Education Decline and ATAR Impacts in Queensland compiled by Essential Screen Skills – Karen Graham, Industry, Jobs and Skills Advisory for Screen Media and the Arts and Moneth Montemayor Project Manager for Screen and Media Gateway to Industry Schools project as facilitators of the Industry and Tertiary Education stakeholder briefing....

The response but together by the Coalition of Queensland Arts Professional Teacher Associations | 25 August 2026 that highlights key findings and priorities for action. THE KEY MESSAGE Queensland’s tertiary admissions system should determine access to higher education, not define secondary education. It must support student choice, protect curriculum breadth and enable a broad and balanced secondary education. The evidence...

Members of the DQ Committee have been working hard to ensure the experiences of our Drama Queensland members have been heard by QTAC. As you are aware, Drama Queensland worked alongside the other state arts organisation and NAAE to contribute to the attached letter. This was sent to QTAC. Drama Queensland alsopenned a follow up letter to QTAC about our...

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We are thrilled to announce Jo Wise was awarded Drama Queensland Life Membership for Longstanding Contribution to the Drama Community last night. Jo has been an inspiration to so many Drama educators in Queensland, and across the country. Jo first joined Drama Queensland as a graduate teacher in 1992, and has been a member ever since. She has demonstrated significant,...

In October NAAE (National Advocates for Arts Education) became aware that Queensland University of Technology (QUT) announced a pause on enrolments into their Bachelor of Creative Arts: Dance program for 2025 and are conducting a review of the Dance program. It has now come to their attention that this review will be expanded to include Acting, Drama, and Music. However, QUT has not...

Following Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre’s (QTAC) 1 February release of the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR) Report 2021, Drama Queensland is calling for an immediate formal review of the scaling formula used for ATAR inter-subject scaling results by QTAC. We are seriously concerned that the current scaling formula is having a detrimental impact on not just Drama but all Arts subjects. We have...