Tina Arena has called for a commission into the music industry during an appearance on ABC's The Weekly With Charlie Pickering on Wednesday night.
The iconic Australian singer discussed the state of the industry when asked about her powerful ARIA Hall Of Fame speech in 2015, where she called out ageism, saying, "Ladies over 40 are still in the game. Keep doing what you’re doing, ladies, because we will decide when it is time for us to stop".
Speaking on The Weekly, Arena said, "I just think that it's an industry that could do with some really very serious gardening and weeding and tidying up, like most industries really.
"There's such an incredible level of inequality corporation that really needs to be seriously reviewed. I would probably incite that something like a banking royal commission happens in the music business and we just clean it out a bit.
"A fish stinks from the head down - if it's not great at the top, [it's] certainly not going to filter out through the bottom of it. So, there's quite a bit of work to do in that industry, absolutely."
Watch the full episode here.
Arena's comments follow her BIGSOUND keynote last year, where she discussed gender bias, supporting local artists and the future of the music industry.
Check out the full keynote below.
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