The Federal Government has announced that it won't institute a Text and Data Mining exception on copyright, an idea raised as a possibility in the Productivity Commission's recent report. Arts organisations across Australia are hailing the decision, and Nicholas Pickard from APRA-AMCOS discusses the implications of the announcement for the music sector.A number of prominent Australian artists have expressed their dismay at their songs being used as part of recent anti-immigration rallies. Bob Brown, co-author of Give Me A Home Among the Gum Trees, shares his perspective.And Hector Aristizabal endured torture at the hands of the regime at a young age. He lost his brothers young, one to HIV/AIDS and one to the paramilitary, and left Colombia for his own safety. But rather than hiding away, Hector turned to theatre to tell his story and help other people tell theirs as part of the Theatre of the Oppressed. Hector takes us into that practice, a community based form of education that uses theatre as a form of healing and conflict resolution ahead of workshops across the country.Our track of the week is New Age by Sleepazoid

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