Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists are front and centre in the Art Gallery of New South Wales's expansion plans, writes museum director Michael Brand

Planning application for Melbourne businessman Lindsey Hogg’s Rosemaur Gallery has international support but faces local opposition

Waters "would not have come within four metres of the entrance" of the future site, president says

The Melbourne museum of screen culture reopens with a contactless device that allows visitors to curate virtual collections

New NGV Contemporary building is the latest ambitious construction project planned in the country

Collector David Walsh’s celebrated subterranean gallery marks tenth anniversary next month

The museum worked with around 60 Aboriginal language groups across the vast state to bring their perspectives into every gallery

Government extends pilot project to return objects to Indigenous peoples—including those held by private collectors

Opening on 4 November, the centre, which is part of the city's National Art School, is modelled on the the Drawing Centre in New York and London’s Drawing Room

New text accompanying object removes mention that it was collected by Captain James Cook but museum says it doesn't alter its significance

Made by the Luritja artist Harold Thomas in 1971, the rights to the flag design are currently held by Ben Wooster, a former art dealer previously fined AU$2.3m for selling fake Aboriginal works of art

Gallery of Modern Art is sole venue for a show resulting from a skylight renovation project at the New York museum

NSW government scraps controversial billion-dollar relocation plan but faces questions from community groups and parliament

Plus, art under threat in Putin's Russia and George Shaw on Thomas Jones. Produced in association with Christie's

Parliamentary enquiry will examine how mining giant Rio Tinto obtained legal right to destroy ancient Juukan Gorge site

Blasting of two ancient rock shelters at Juukan Gorge was authorised in 2013 by Western Australia state government

Sydney Opera House may step in to take over Carriageworks, which hosts the art fair Sydney Contemporary and exhibitions

Show’s 22nd edition aims to be as much a conversation as an exhibition, with hundreds of public events including bushwalks with aboriginal elders and campfire talks

Private consortium offered $80m to turn former industrial area into Australia’s answer to Naoshima art island in Japan

The Bushfire Relief Auction in Melbourne has been organised by the collectors Sandra Powell and Andrew King and prices start at £200

The exhibition brings together museum-quality pieces, most consigned by US collectors

Director says that decision was taken to protect public and works

Scott Marsh’s mural on a wall in Sydney was painted over

Saxon government acknowledges “years of disregard for their dignity and importance to their communities of origin”

Move might pave the way for repatriation of sacred artefacts from other UK institutions

Proposals for Alice Springs and Adelaide have political support but concerns have been raised over competing projects and lack of Indigenous involvement

Aim of Australian government’s war art scheme was to prioritise first-hand representations of the conflict

Founder of Finkelstein Gallery aims to counter the low representation of women in the Australian art world

The revelation that New South Wales's tourism chief questioned the Sydney MCA's inclusion of a Yoko Ono show crosses a dangerous line

Letter reveals that 2013 exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art was offered AU$500,000 of state money despite reservations