The Alliance has been founded by Kristy Lee Peters (KLP) and Holly Rankin (Jack River), with the support of artists including Bernard Fanning, Kate Ceberano, Tina Arena, Thelma Plum, Spiderbait, G Flip, John Butler, Matt Corby, Montaigne, Katie Noonan, Ben Lee, What So Not, Lime Cordiale, Peking Duk, Troy Cassar-Daley, Sneaky Sound System and Nina Las Vegas.

Australian artists power the local and global entertainment industry and write the soundtrack to the lives of their audiences. The Artists Alliance of Australia is an artist-led, not-for-profit organisation created to represent, connect, support and advocate for Australian artists.

The Artists Alliance of Australia will be led in the interim by a steering committee of DOBBY , Heidi Lenffer, Isabella Manfredi, Josh Pyke, Kira Puru, Paul Dempsey, Sukhdeep Singh (L-FRESH The LION), Zindzi Okenyo and Thomas Honeywell, alongside Rankin and Peters.

Artist-led bodies of this kind already exist internationally, including the Featured Artists Coalition in the United Kingdom and the Music Artists Coalition in the United States, but until today no body like this has ever existed in Australia.

From AI and copyright to artist rights and government policy, decisions are being made every day that affect the careers of Australian artists. The Alliance will commence immediate advocacy on the most critical issue facing artists today: the protection of copyright in Australia.