Title: The Impact of Government Policies on Women’s Career Advancement in the Melbourne Music Scene: A Critical Analysis of Discrimination and Challenges in the Music Industry

Research topic: How do government policies impact the career advancement of women in the Melbourne music scene? 
* talk a bit about discrimination against women in the music industry
Instructions:
This individual assessment asks you to consider a component of music cities at greater length. This can take the following forms:
(i) An expansion of your Group research topic, expanding its scope to answer at greater length key research questions, debates (and using a wider range of research materials);
(ii) Examining another component/aspect of Melbourne’s music ecosystem that is different to your Group project;
(iii) Exploring a central debate about the ‘music city’ concept, incorporating research material/debates from other academic and media literature (and other city debates outside Melbourne).