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>> Indigenous artists are a strong presence on the Australian and international art scenes,

but their voices are almost silent when it comes to leadership roles in many of the country’s public and private galleries.

In a bold bid to inject change from the top, the National Gallery of Australia has launched a five-year plan to boost the number of Indigenous people in arts administration jobs.

>> The US authorities have removed nine websites, accusing them of movie piracy. The websites offered free access to recent movies such as Toy Story 3. Kevin Suh, vice-president of content protection for the Motion Picture Association of America, called the move the largest crackdown on illegal movie and television websites in a single action by the federal government.