Creative Australia's leadership faces questioning at Senate estimates

The fallout over Creative Australia's decision to drop Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino as Australia's representatives to the 2026 Venice Biennale has continued over the last week. A tense meeting between the CEO of Creative Australia, Adrian Collette, the chair of the board, Robert Morgan, and senators during an estimates hearing on Tuesday marked the first public comment by the leadership of that organisation since the decision to remove Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino as the Australian representatives to the 2026 Venice Biennale.Richard Bell, a friend of Sabsabi, adds his voice to calls for Sabsabi's reinstatement.And Emma Maye Gibson, aka Betty Grumble, takes us to the Sydney Mardi Gras to explore how the festival helps to build community and whether those communities are colliding with corporate interests.