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Bill Armstrong AM, the pioneering Australian recording engineer, studio owner, producer and broadcaster who helped establish the country's modern recording industry and was a founder and managing director of Melbourne's EON-FM, has died aged 97.

The collapse of Leading Edge Group into voluntary administration has raised fresh concerns about the future of Australia's independent retail sector, with regional record stores among the businesses facing immediate disruption after the buying group's central billing model was frozen.

APRA AMCOS has announced it will close the Live Music Office and its Live And Local program on 1 July, marking the end of a 13-year campaign that helped reshape live music regulation across Australia.

Online music streaming services have officially overtaken traditional radio as Australia's most widely used audio platform, according to data from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). While radio remains a powerful force, particularly in cars and among older Australians, the figures underline a fundamental change in how music is consumed and how new artists break through to audiences.

UNIFIED Music Group has officially expanded into New Zealand, appointing veteran artist manager Matt Harvey to lead the company's long-term commitment to developing Aotearoa artists for global markets while strengthening trans-Tasman music infrastructure.

This year's standalone event should have got the ARIA Hall of Fame back on track. It hasn't.

APRA AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston has been appointed to help shape Australia's next National Cultural Policy, bringing the voice of songwriters, composers and music creators into the federal government's cultural planning process.