A basic income for artists and harmonising cultural leadership in Australia's orchestras

After a three-year pilot program, Ireland has made a basic income scheme for artists a permanent policy, citing not only increased productivity and mental health, but a positive return on investment for the money spent. Moira Fleming, from Ireland's National Campaign for the Arts shares details about the scheme and Dr Jo Caust looks at the Australian context and why a basic income is worth considering, but remains unlikely here.And over the last decade, there's been an increasing demand on arts organisations to take a stand on matters of cultural policy, with several finding their way to the front line of the culture wars for reasons that have little to do with their actual artistic output. So how should these institutions handle this responsibility? Samuel Cairnduff shares lessons from his new book, Harmonising Cultural Leadership in Professional Orchestras.Our track of the week is Take Me To The River by Emma Donovan