Media Releases & Information

DAHA Launch Media Release, October 2025, by Bree Hadley & Eddie Paterson

- DAHA Launch Media Release PDF & Audio Version on DAHA website 

- DAHA Launch Media Release Audio Version on SoundCloud 

Creative Australia Media Release, October 2025, by Creative Australia Communication Team - Historic First: New Disability arts archive celebrates 50 years of creativity and change, MediaNet - NewsHub, 16 October 2025, http://newshub.medianet.com.au/2025/10/historic-first-new-disability-arts-archive-celebrates-50-years-of-creativity-and-change-/123755/, Permanent Url of Creative Australia media release 

QUT Media Release, October 2025, by QUT Media Team -  Website chronicles five decades of Disability Arts in Australia, QUT, 15 October 2025, https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=202110, Permanent Url of QUT Media Release 

DAHA Launch 1 Page Information Sheet, October 2025, by Bree Hadley

- DAHA Launch 1 Page PDF & Audio Version on DAHA Website 

- DAHA Launch 1 Page PDF Audio Version on Sound Cloud 

DAHA Launch 3 Page Information Sheet, October 2025, by Bree Hadley

- DAHA Launch 3 Page Information Sheet PDF and Audio Version on DAHA Website 

- DAHA Launch 2 Page Information Sheet Audio Version on Sound Cloud 

Welcome & Website Tour Videos

A recording of the launch webinar hosted by Creative Australia on 15 October 2025 is available , and can be accessed via the Creative Australia YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TSPLr28T2c

The Disability Arts History Australia Launch Padlet  includes Welcome Video, Website Tour Video, and wall inviting the Disability Arts Community to add a Post, about something that has or should happen in Disability Arts in Australia - https://padlet.com/bree_hadley/DisabilityArtsHistoryAustralia_Launch_Padlet 

Reports

DAHA Industry Report, October 2025, by Bree Hadley

- DAHA Industry Report Presentation PDF, Text PDF, Plain English Summary PDF, and Audio version on DAHA website 

- DAHA Industry Report Audio Version on SoundCloud 

DAHA Archivist Report, October 2025, by Bree Hadley

- DAHA Archivist Report Presentation PDF, Text PDF, Plain English Sumary PDF, and Audio Version on DAHA website 

- DAHA Archivist Report Audio Version on SoundCloud 

DAHA Archiving, Access, and AI Report, October 2025, by Bree Hadley

- DAHA Archiving, Access, and AI Report Pesentation PDF, Text PDF, Plain English Summary PDF, and Audio Version DAHA website 

- DAHA Archiving, Access, and AI Report Audio version on Soundcloud 

Research Publications

Hadley, Bree (2025) Disrupting The 'Double Empathy' Problem: Creating Cultural Safety for Neurominorities in Performing Arts Education and Employment. Australasian Drama Studies. (Forthcoming October 2025)

Hadley, Bree (2025) Six Spectrums of Allyship: A Tool to Reflect on Labour, Capital, Community, Power, Risk, and Safety as Drivers of Attitudes and Approaches. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, 5(1), pp. 106-125.

Hadley, Bree (2024) Generative, reductive or exploitative? How change in policy, funding and production practice impacts disciplinary and transdisciplinary practice in disability arts in Australia. Journal of Arts and Communities, 15(2), pp. 249-264.

Hadley, Bree, Rieger, Janice, Ellis, Katie, & Paterson, Eddie (2024) Cultural safety as a foundation for allyship in disability arts. Disability & Society, 39(1), pp. 213-233.

Hadley, Bree, Paterson, Eddie, Little, Madeleine, & Duncan, Kath (2024) How Disability Performance Travels in Australia: The Reality Under the Rhetoric. In Czymoch, Christiane, Maguire Rossier, Kate, & Schmidt, Yvonne (Eds.) How Does Disability Performance Travel?: Access, Art, and Internationalization. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, pp. 62-76.

Data Set Infographics

DAHA Archive page with data on Early Leaders in Disability Arts in Australia, curated by Bree Hadley, 2025

-  Curated collection of databased entries on Early Leaders on DAHA website

DAHA Archive page with data on Government Policy, Strategy, and Funding and Disability Arts in Australia, curated by Bree Hadley, 2025

- Infographic, PDF, and Audio Versions of Government Policy, Strategy, and Funding summary on DAHA website 

- Audio Version of Infographic of curated information on Government Policy, Strategy, and Funding on SoundCloud 

DAHA Archive page with data on Festivals and Disability Arts in Australia, curated by Bree Hadley, 2025

- Infographic, PDF, and Audio Versions of Festivals summary on DAHA website

- Audio Version of Infographic of curated information on Festivals on SoundCloud 

DAHA Archive page with data on Industry Conferences, Events, and Forums in Disability Arts in Australia, curated by Bree Hadley, 2025

-  Infographic, PDF, and Audio Versions of Conferences, Events, and Forums summary on DAHA website

- Audio Version of Infographic of curated information on Industry Conferences, Events, and Forum summary on Soundcloud 

Media Coverage & Commentary

COLLABORATING PARTNERS

Creative Australia (2025) Disability Arts History Australia (DAHA) , Creative Australia, 15 October 2025, creative.gov.au/research/disability-arts-history-australia-daha

Permanent URL - web.archive.org/web/20251029232013/https:/creative.gov.au/research/disability-arts-history-australia-daha 

Creative Australia (2025) Fifty years on record, Creative Australia, 20 October 2025, creative.gov.au/news-events/stories/fifty-years-record

Permanent URL - web.archive.org/web/20251029232709/https:/creative.gov.au/news-events/stories/fifty-years-record  

MEDIA

Richard Watts interview with Bree Hadley (2025) SmartArts  presented by Richard Watts, Triple R 102.7FM Melbourne,  9am-12noon with interview at 11am AEDT 6 November 2025,  https://www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/smartarts/episodes/35838-smartarts-6-november-2025

PERMANENT URL - https://web.archive.org/web/20251111003420/https:/www.rrr.org.au/explore/programs/smartarts/episodes/35838-smartarts-6-november-2025

Anthea Williams interview with Bree Hadley and Eddie Paterson (2025) Sideshow presented by Anthea Williams, 2RPH and Accessible Arts, to be released December 2025, http://aarts.net.au/sideshow-podcast-series/ 

PERMANENT URL - tbc

Jason Blake (2025) Australia launches first national Disability Arts archive, Limelight: Music, Arts & Culture, limelight-arts.com.au/news/australia-launches-first-national-disability-arts-archive/

Permanent URL - web.archive.org/web/20251029231748/https:/limelight-arts.com.au/news/australia-launches-first-national-disability-arts-archive/

Developmental Disability WA (2025) The Arts, Developmental Disability WA, October 2025, ddwa.org.au/focus-areas/the-arts/

Permanent URL - archive.li/Apfhq

Disability Insider (2025) Website chronicles five decades of Disability Arts in Australia, Disability Insider, 16 October 2025, disabilityinsider.com/2025/10/16/education-and-employment/website-chronicles-five-decades-of-disability-arts-in-australia/ 

Permanent URL - web.archive.org/web/20251029231523/https:/disabilityinsider.com/2025/10/16/education-and-employment/website-chronicles-five-decades-of-disability-arts-in-australia/  

Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (2025) Historic first: New disability arts archive celebrates 50 years of creativity and change, Disability Advocacy Resource Unit (DARU), daru.org.au/resource/historic-first-new-disability-arts-archive-celebrates-50-years-of-creativity-and-change/ 

Permanent URL - web.archive.org/web/20251102225903/https:/daru.org.au/resource/historic-first-new-disability-arts-archive-celebrates-50-years-of-creativity-and-change/

Mirage News (2025) Website Chronicles Five Decades of Disability Arts in Australia, Mirage News, 15 October 2025, www.miragenews.com/website-chronicles-five-decades-of-disability-1551222/

Permanent URL - archive.li/CIG3A

Books+Publishing (2025) Disability Arts History Australia website launched, Books+Publishing, 3 November 2025, www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2025/11/03/318103/disability-arts-history-australia-website-launched/

Permanent URL - web.archive.org/web/20251105010414/https:/www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2025/11/03/318103/disability-arts-history-australia-website-launched/

ResearchBuzz (2025) Sector Roundup, Reseach Buzz, 21 October 2025, researchbuzz.me/2025/10/21/disability-arts-history-australia-claude-lina-khan-more-tuesday-afternoon-researchbuzz-october-21-2025

Permanent URL - web.archive.org/web/20251029234755/https:/researchbuzz.me/2025/10/21/disability-arts-history-australia-claude-lina-khan-more-tuesday-afternoon-researchbuzz-october-21-2025/