The session covers eligibility, the process and how mediation can work for tenants and landlords.
The Scheme was introduced by the Victorian Government to ease the pressure on Victoria’s small and medium-sized businesses (with an annual turnover of less than $50 million) that have experienced a fall in turnover of more than 30 per cent during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Eligible business owners can obtain relief in the form of a proportionate reduction in rent. For example, a business with a turnover of 40 per cent of pre-pandemic levels can only be charged 40 per cent of its rent. Of the balance, at least half must be waived, with the remainder deferred.
Under the Scheme, the Victorian Small Business Commission (VSBC) is supporting tenants and landlords by providing information to assist with negotiating a rent relief agreement and access to free and impartial mediation if a fair agreement can’t be reached.
Tenants can also apply to the VSBC for a binding order for rent relief if their landlord fails to respond or sufficiently respond to the VSBC or doesn’t engage in mediation in good faith.
The Scheme applies retrospectively from 28 July 2021 and will run until 15 January 2022.
Each month Music Victoria will drop an original mix from a Victorian electronic music DJ or Producer and share it far and wide. The goal of the Mix Series is to expose listeners to new music and artists to new audiences – plus share the good times!
Melbourne based producer, DJ and label owner, Steve Ward kicks off the series with a mix that's 100% Victorian artists. Ward has a long list of career highlights, including several collaborations with UK techno legend Carl Cox, USA acid house pioneer DJ Pierre and rock and roll hall of fame artist Nile Rodgers.
Electronic music plays a vital role in Victoria’s diverse and exciting music scene. The Music Victoria Mix Series is an opportunity to recognise, celebrate and support the electronic music community.
Our team consults with members of Victoria’s community and reviews online submissions. If you have a suggestion for a DJ or Producer we should feature, email danielle[at]musicvictoria.com.au.
Victorian artists (original or remixes/edits) must make up 25% of the mix.
Follow Music Victoria on SoundCloud and Spotify to stay up to date on Mix Series' monthly releases.
The Commonwealth and Victorian Governments have announced jointly-funded packages of grants to support thousands of small and medium-sized businesses through the next six weeks at which point Victoria is expected to reach 80 per cent vaccination.
The funding package of up to $2.27 billion announced today will support businesses most affected by restrictions as Victoria reaches the 70 per cent, then 80 per cent fully vaccinated thresholds on the state’s Roadmap to Deliver the National Plan.
At these key markers, forecast around 26 October and 5 November respectively, dining, entertainment, retail, sport, recreation and other sectors will progressively and safely open.
The package announced today provides businesses with further certainty that support will continue in line with Victoria’s Roadmap. This will see more than 160,000 businesses receive support, ranging from retailers and gyms to hairdressers and hotels – mostly through automatic deposits into their bank accounts.
Of these, around 124,000 eligible businesses will receive automatic Business Costs Assistance Program grants ranging from $1,000 to $8,400 per week, rising according to payroll, until the end of October. Businesses that remain closed or severely restricted over the first two weeks of November will also receive automatic payments for that period.
More than 9,000 eligible cafes, restaurants, hotels and bars across Victoria will receive automatic Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund payments of between $5,000 and $20,000 per week until the end of October.
Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund payments will continue for the first half of November, set at reduced rates to reflect lower restrictions in place at that stage under Victoria’s Roadmap.
The package will also enable a further 30,000 businesses to receive a one-off $20,000 payment through the Small Business COVID Hardship Fund, taking the number of recipients to 65,000.
Funding of up to $1.26 billion will provide for automatic payments to recipients of the Business Costs Assistance Program across October and into the first half of November.
Businesses will be eligible to receive two fortnightly payments between 1-29 October on a rising scale.
Eligible non-employing businesses will receive $1,000 per week, increasing to $2,800 a week for an annual payroll of up to $650,000, $5,600 a week for a payroll of $650,000 - $3 million and $8,400 a week for a payroll of $3 million - $10 million.
Businesses that remain closed or severely restricted between 70 and 80 per cent double dose will receive an automatic payment for the period from 29 October to 13 November.
The full list of eligible ANZSIC codes for the Business Costs Assistance Program will be available on the Business Victoria website tomorrow.
Businesses that have previously received or been approved for a Business Costs Assistance Program Round Two or July Extension grant will be eligible for these payments.
More than 9,000 licensed hospitality businesses that have previously received grants under the Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund or July Extension programs will receive further automatic payments in October.
Weekly payment amounts are stepped according to premises capacity: $5,000 for a capacity of up to 99 patrons or where patron capacity is not specified, $10,000 for a capacity of 100 to 499 patrons, and $20,000 for a capacity of 500 or more.
Between 70 and 80 per cent double dose, payments for licensed premises in metropolitan Melbourne will be reduced by 25 per cent, and in regional Victoria by 50 per cent as the economy continue to progress to greater levels of freedom.
The Licensed Hospitality Venue Fund payments will total up to $407.5 million for the six-week period.
Some $600 million has been added to the Small Business COVID Hardship Fund, taking the total program to $1.3 billion.
The existing $700 million funding pool has been fully subscribed and the new allocation means 65,000 businesses will now be supported with one-off grants of $20,000.
The Fund supports businesses that have suffered significant losses due to the pandemic, including businesses legally allowed to operate but restricted in their ability to generate revenue, but have previously fallen between the cracks in terms of government support.
Read the full announcement from the Victorian Government here.
Today at 3pm Music Victoria and the Victorian Small Business Commission will jointly host an information session on the Commercial Tenancy Relief Scheme.
This is a last chance opportunity to get your questions answered on eligibility, the process and how mediation can work for tenants and landlords.
If you’re thinking about applying for the program then, this free online information session is for you!
The Scheme was introduced by the Victorian Government to ease the pressure on Victoria’s small and medium-sized businesses (with an annual turnover of less than $50 million) that have experienced a fall in turnover of more than 30 per cent during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Eligible business owners can obtain relief in the form of a proportionate reduction in rent. For example, a business with a turnover of 40 per cent of pre-pandemic levels can only be charged 40 per cent of its rent. Of the balance, at least half must be waived, with the remainder deferred.
Under the Scheme, the Victorian Small Business Commission (VSBC) is supporting tenants and landlords by providing information to assist with negotiating a rent relief agreement and access to free and impartial mediation if a fair agreement can’t be reached.
Tenants can also apply to the VSBC for a binding order for rent relief if their landlord fails to respond or sufficiently respond to the VSBC or doesn’t engage in mediation in good faith.
The Scheme applies retrospectively from 28 July 2021 and will run until 15 January 2022.
We hope you can join us.
Music Victoria is thrilled to announce the 2021 return of the Music Victoria Industry Awards. After the success of last year’s inaugural event, the Industry Awards will take place on Thursday 7 October ahead of the official 2021 Music Victoria Awards.
This year, the Industry Awards will be hosted by celebrated and acclaimed broadcasters, Emma Peel (PBS 106.7FM) and Daniel James (3RRR 102.7FM).
This year, not only will the free online event be available to live-stream via Music Victoria’s YouTube channel but will also be broadcast live to the Australian public on Channel 31.
2020 Music Industry Awards livestreamed event
Thursday 7 October | 7pm - 8pm
Livestreamed via Music Victoria’s YouTube and Channel 31
Subscribe to Music Victoria’s YouTube channel or register for the event on Eventbrite to get a reminder.
1. Find out the winners of the industry-voted award categories including:
2. The 2021 Industry Awards nominees include a slew of debut Award entrants including:
3. Find out who's nominated for the non-industry awards
OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN MUSIC
Nominees:
Andrea Keller
Charlotte Abroms
Emily Ulman
Emma Donovan
Sarah Blaby
BEST PRODUCER
Nominees:
Alice Ivy
Anna Laverty
Becki Whitton
Eilish Gilligan
River Boy
BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE OVER 50 GIGS/yr
Nominees:
The Barwon Club Hotel, South Geelong
The Eastern, Ballarat
Piano Bar, Geelong
Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE UNDER 50 GIGS/yr
Nominees:
Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap
The Macedon Railway Hotel, Macedon
The Sound Doctor Presents, Anglesea
Tom Katz! @ Sorrento Portsea RSL, Sorrento
Vine Hotel, Wangaratta
BEST VENUE UNDER 500 CAP
Nominees:
Brunswick Ballroom, Brunswick
LOOP Project Space & Bar, Melbourne
The Night Cat, Fitzroy
Northcote Social Club, Northcote
The Substation, Newport
BEST VENUE OVER 500 CAP
Nominees:
Corner Hotel
Forum Melbourne*
Hamer Hall
Melbourne Recital Centre - Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
BEST FESTIVAL
Nominees:
Brunswick Music Festival
Isol-Aid
Melbourne Music Week - Extended
MPavilion 2020
The Secret Garden Gig Gathering
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View the shortlisted nominees in each category on the Music Victoria website.
Music Victoria thanks Major Partners Bendigo Bank, City of Melbourne, Creative Victoria and Melbourne Recital Centre, and Event Partners Brick Lane, Channel 31 and Moshtix for their ongoing support of the Music Victoria Awards.
*Music Victoria Board Member Sally Mather is employed by Venue nominee Forum Melbourne
*Music Victoria Awards partners Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Music Week are nominated in the Venue and Festival categories respectively.
These Awards are industry-voted by independent panels, and nominees are not involved in the voting process.
Hundreds of Award nominations flowed in from music lovers and the music industry across Victoria during the Music Victoria Awards nomination period in July. These shortlists are an opportunity to celebrate and recognise the hard work of Victoria's music community during one of the industry's toughest times in history.
As part of Music Victoria's commitment to continual improvement, we have refined our 2021 awards criteria, categories and judging processes which we believe will more accurately reflect and reward the diverse music community in Victoria. This year, we also introduced the inaugural Arts Access Victoria Amplify Award. The long-overdue Award was established to shine a light on and recognise the contributions made by Deaf and Disabled musicians in the past 12 months.
Another change to the Music Victoria Awards 2021 is the inclusion of live streaming activity in the Venues, Festivals and Best Live Act categories in the eligible time period.
Congratulations to all the entrants shortlisted below. We will be announcing the nominees for the Industry Awards in late September, and all other category nominees will be announced on 7 October. Subscribe to our Industry Newsletter to stay up-to-date.
BEST PRODUCER
Alice Ivy
Anna Laverty
Becki Whitton
Eilish Gilligan
Mo•Louie
OK EG
Paul Maybury
River Boy
Tash Sultana
Tom Iansek
Prize: $2,000 cash grant and Music Market co-work package from VMDO plus a $1000 voucher to spend on Yamaha gear
OUTSTANDING WOMAN IN MUSIC
Andrea Keller
Ayesha Mehta
Charlotte Abroms
Cherie Warwick
Emily Ulman
Emma Donovan
Mindy Meng Wang 王萌
Sarah Blaby
XANI
Prize: $3,500 cash grant from City of Melbourne
BEST FESTIVAL
Brunswick Music Festival
Come Together Music & Arts Festival
Gippsland Country Music Festival
Inward Goods Festival
Isol-Aid
MMW-Extended
MPavilion 2020
OK Motels
Rock Around The Block
The Secret Garden Gig Gathering
Prize: one-year subscription to festival management software loadin.com
BEST VENUE UNDER 500 CAP
The Bandwagon, no fixed address
Brunswick Ballroom, Brunswick
Cafe Gummo, Thornbury
Colour Club, Carlton
The Jazzlab, Brunswick
LOOP Project Space & Bar, Melbourne
The Night Cat, Fitzroy
Northcote Social Club, Northcote
The Retreat Hotel, Brunswick
The Substation, Newport
Prize: tinnies from Brick Lane Brewing
BEST VENUE OVER 500 CAP
Corner Hotel
Forum Melbourne
Hamer Hall
Lighthouse Theatre Warrnambool
Melbourne Recital Centre - Elisabeth Murdoch Hall
Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Torquay Hotel, Torquay
Prize: tinnies from Brick Lane Brewing
BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE UNDER 50 GIGS/yr
The Dart and Marlin, Warrnambool
Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap
The Macedon Railway Hotel, Macedon
The Main Bar, Ballarat
Major Tom's, Kyneton
New Hall, Point Lonsdale
Northern Republic, Euroa
The Sound Doctor Presents, Anglesea
Tom Katz! @ Sorrento Portsea RSL, Sorrento
Vine Hotel, Wangaratta
Prize: $3,000 cash from Bendigo Bank
BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN VENUE OVER 50 GIGS/yr
Arcobar, Heatherton
The Barwon Club Hotel, South Geelong
The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine
Caravan Music Club at Archies Creek Hotel, Archies Creek
The Eastern, Ballarat
Peninsula Hot Springs, Fingal
Piano Bar, Geelong
Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
Volta, Ballarat
Prize: $3,000 cash from Bendigo Bank
PUBLIC-VOTED AWARDS
BEST ALBUM
Alex Albrecht - Campfire Stories
Alice Ivy - Don't Sleep
The Avalanches - We Will Always Love You
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks – Crossover
Gordon Koang – Unity
Hiatus Kaiyote - Mood Valiant
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Butterfly 3000
Kylie Auldist - This is What Happiness Looks Like
Maple Glider - To Enjoy is the Only thing
Surprise Chef - Daylight Savings
BEST GROUP
The Avalanches
Cry Club
Emma Donovan and The Putbacks
Hiatus Kaiyote
HTRK
King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard
KLLO
Mildlife
Mindy Meng Wang X Tim Shiel
Tropical Fuck Storm
Prize: $2,000 voucher to spend on Yamaha gear
BEST SONG
Alex Lahey & Gordi - Dino's
Alice Skye – Party Tricks
Allara - Rekindled Systems
Avalanches - Wherever We Go
Geoffrey O'Connor & Jonnine - For As Long As I Can Remember
Hiatus Kaiyote - Red Room
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Shanghai
Kylie Auldist - All Mine
Maple Glider - Good Thing
Mia Wray - Work For Me
BEST SOLO ARTIST
Alex Lahey
Alexander Biggs
Alice Ivy
Alice Skye
Andrea Keller
Archie Roach
Ashwarya
Baker Boy
Blake Scott
Ex-Olympian
G Flip
Gordon Koang
June Jones
Kylie Auldist
Liz Stringer
Maple Glider
Mia Wray
Sampa the Great
Sarah Mary Chadwick
Tones and I
Prize: $1,000 voucher to spend on Yamaha gear
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ACT
Ashwarya
Blake Scott
Cry Club
Ex-Olympian
Hachiku
Izy
Maple Glider
Mindy Meng Wang
SaD
SHOUSE
Prize: rehearsal package from Bakehouse Studios
BEST MUSICIAN
Adam Halliwell (Mildlife)
Amanda Roff (Time For Dreams, Harmony)
Ambrose Kenny-Smith (The Murlocs, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard)
Andrea Keller
Briggs
Dannika Horvat (Dannika)
Davey Lane (Solo, You Am I)
Emma Donovan
Erica Dunn (Tropical Fuck Storm, MOD CON)
Errol Green (E. Bobby G, Big Yawn)
G-Flip
Gareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm)
Joanna Syme (Big Scary)
Jonnine Standish (Jonnine, HTRK)
Lance Ferguson (The Bamboos)
Liam Halliwell (Snowy Band, Lachlan, Pop Filter, and Snowy)
Mindy Meng Wang
Nai Palm (Hiatus Kaiyote)
Simon Mavin (Hiatus Kaiyote)
Stu Mackenzie (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard)
Prize: $1,000 voucher to spend on Yamaha gear
BEST LIVE ACT
Amyl and The Sniffers
Cable Ties
Cash Savage & The Last Drinks
Emma Donovan and the Putbacks
Kee'ahn
Maple Glider
Mildlife
RVG
Sui Zhen
The Teskey Brothers
INDUSTRY-VOTED AWARDS
BEST BLUES ACT
Aaron Pollock
Anna Scionti
Blues Roulette
Dan Dinnen & Shorty
Josh Teskey and Ash Grunwald
Julian James
Mike Elrington
Nick Charles
Paul Buchanan's Voodoo Preachers
Rambal
BEST COUNTRY ACT
Ben Mastwyk & His Millions
Georgia State Line
Gretta Ziller
The High Heaven
James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes
The Long and Short of It
The Luke Sinclair Set
Van Walker
The Weeping Willows
BEST ELECTRONIC ACT
Alex Albrecht
Female Wizard
Jennifer Loveless
KiTA
Kuya Neil
OK EG
RBI
Reptant
SaD
Y-L Hooi
BEST EXPERIMENTAL/AVANT GARDE ACT
Aarti Jadu
Ai Yamamoto
candlesnuffer
Chris Smith
Deborah Cheetham, Byron Scullin, Tom Supple
Emily Bennett
Lisa Lerkenfeldt
Muddy Lawrence
Red Wine and Sugar
Thembi Soddell
BEST FOLK ACT
Charm of Finches
The Cornerhouse Band
Erica Bramham
Kerryn Fields
Kimberley Wheeler's Roadside Holiday
Lucy Wise
The Maes
Maple Glider
Neil Adam
Tulliah
BEST HEAVY ACT
Acolyte
Dead
Divide and Dissolve
Dr. Colossus
FACELESS BURIAL
Growth
Myridian
NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER
Pridelands
SUNDR
BEST HIP HOP ACT
Agung Mango
Baker Boy
Birdz
Briggs
DRMNGNOW
Jordan Dennis
Kwasi
Man Made Mountain
Pookie
Yung Shōgun
BEST INTERCULTURAL ACT
Abe Dunovits
Ajak Kwai
Amaru Tribe
Ausecuma Beats
Black Jesus Experience
Coco's Lunch
Gelareh Pour's Garden
Mademoiselle & Floyd Thursby
Ruth Roshan & Tango Noir
Tio
BEST JAZZ ACT
Adam Simmons & Jean Poole
Andrea Keller
Audrey Powne
Australian Art Orchestra
Menagerie
Minnie Big Band (Minnie Hill)
Nat Bartsch's Lullaby Quartet
Paul Kelly & Paul Grabowsky
The Rest Is Silence
The Rookies
BEST POP ACT
Alice Ivy
Alice Skye
Big Scary
Braille Face
Eggy
Geoffrey O'Connor
Gregor
Hachiku
Jess Locke
June Jones
BEST PUNK/ROCK ACT
The Black Heart Death Cult
Blake Scott
CIVIC
El Tee
Flyying Colours
MOD CON
Plaster of Paris
Pseudo Mind Hive
Riff Raiders
Tom Lyngcoln
BEST REGGAE AND DANCEHALL ACT
Crown Heights
Disun Future
Flames Eye
Jah Tung
JahWise Productions
King River Rising
Marvin Priest
Melbourne Ska Orchestra
Monkey Marc
Quashani Bahd
BEST SOUL RNB FUNK GOSPEL ACT
The Bamboos
Emma Donovan & The Putbacks
Emma Volard
That Gold Street Sound
Hiatus Kaiyote
Izy
Kee'ahn
KYE
Surprise Chef
The Teskey Brothers
ARCHIE ROACH AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT ACT
Alice Skye
Allara
Benny Clark
Bumpy
Chasing Ghosts
Izy
Madi Colville Walker
The Merindas
Rachael Lia
River Boy
Prize: $3,000 cash from the Archie Roach Foundation + rehearsal package from Bakehouse Studios
ARTS ACCESS VICTORIA AMPLIFY AWARD ACT
Artemis Munoz
Billy Exton
Eliza Hull
Gordon Koang
The Hackkets
Irene Zhong
Kerryn Fields
Nat Bartsch
Rudely Interrupted
Thembi Soddell
Prize: $3,000 cash from Arts Access Victoria + rehearsal package from Bakehouse Studios
BEST REGIONAL/OUTER SUBURBAN ACT
Baker Boy
Bones and Jones
D'Arcy Spiller
Fenn Wilson
Lucy Wise
Mike Elrington
Our Carlson
Paper Jane
The Teskey Brothers
Thembi Soddell
Prize: $3,000 cash from Bendigo Bank
As part of our recent partnership with Each, we are currently seeking a Mental Health Clinician/Consultant to join our team. This is an opportunity to make a difference in this unique COVID space for 12 months!
Do you have experience in the music industry or owned a small business in a music-related field? If you're a Mental Health Clinician, qualified as either a Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or a related field in any of the above-mentioned music fields, have a drive to support individuals mental health and wellbeing, enjoy variety in your day while working closely with other service delivery professionals, then we would love to hear from you!
Please find the full job description here.
Triple R's Radiothon 2021 kicked off on Friday 27 August and will run through to 5pm Wednesday 6 October. The Radiothon is both a celebration of community radio and a time for Triple R to ask its listeners and fellow music lovers to subscribe and donate. Triple R is listener-funded radio, which means the station is truly independent and can showcase music and opinions that may otherwise never be heard.
You can support Triple R by becoming a proud subscriber and donor.
Subscribers get a heap of great benefits that keep you connected to the station and the Triple R community including:
Everyone who subscribes during this time goes in the running to win one of the ripper Radiothon prizes too!
Ordinarily, Subscribers can also come to Triple R's super-special Live To Air shows in the station’s Performance Space. As soon as they can kick off again, you’ll be able to go in the running to get your name on the door. In the meantime, they're running virtual Live To Air events to keep you informed and entertained all year round.
There are a bunch of different categories you can subscribe under:
Passionate $150
Full $85
Concession/Strapped/Under 18 $40
Business $150
Band/Musician $85
DJ/Producer/Audiophile $85
Visual Artist/Designer $85
Pick whichever one suits you best!
Good news in this morning - City of Melbourne has signed on to offer a $3,500 cash prize to the winner of the 2021 Outstanding Woman in Music Award - giving this category the biggest individual cash prize of the Music Victoria Awards!
The Music Victoria Board-voted Outstanding Woman in Music Award was introduced in 2020 and recognises the achievements of not only Victorian musicians but also women behind the scenes, such as industry professionals, management and crew.
The inaugural award was won last year by Sarah Hamilton (pictured - photo by Tanya Volt), for her work with One of One, which highlights women in the music industry and hosts a very special breakfast event on International Women’s day. She also heads up the Australian team for Ditto Music distribution.
The 2021 shortlist will be announced in early September, and the winner will be announced on October 7 at the Music Victoria Industry Awards. Subscribe to our newsletter for announcements.
