Whether you prepare your own tax return or work with an accountant, this practical workshop will help you better understand the financial side of being a working artist. Tim will cover the fundamentals of tax for creative practitioners (performers, crew and musicians), including how to work effectively with your accountant and the questions you should be asking.

This is an opportunity for the established industry to warmly welcome this year’s final-year performing arts graduates as you step into professional life.

Creatives are often told to “make their own work” – but that means learning how to produce a project from beginning to end, which is a huge responsibility and a daunting prospect. Make Your Own Work is a comprehensive workshop that addresses every aspect of taking an initial idea and turning it into a completed event, film, game, exhibition or anything!

The QLD Equity Graduate Day is returning to the QUT Kelvin Grove Campus on Friday September 11, 2026.

A career in the creative industries will very often involve at least one foray into freelancing – whether we like it or not! Everyone from curious hobbyists to regular employees will probably need to understand the basics – not to mention those who have deliberately chosen the freelance life. The Freelance Five is a fast, fun and practical presentation specifically designed for creative practitioners and arts professionals with absolutely no business skills, to help them get the five most important elements of creative freelancing right.

This is an opportunity for the established industry to warmly welcome this year’s final-year performing arts graduates as they step into professional life.