Peter Riley<p>Researchers at Melbourne's RMIT University and the University of Melbourne found artists were among some of Australia's worst-paid workers, earning an average income of $13,937 from their arts practice.</p><p>The national <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minimumwage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>minimumwage</span></a> is $915.90 a week, or an annual salary of about $47,500.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/rmit-study-australian-artists-arts-workers-average-income/105126138" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-02/rmi</span><span class="invisible">t-study-australian-artists-arts-workers-average-income/105126138</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labormovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>labormovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artsworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artsworkers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a></p>