Trouble[1] is a free independent monthly magazine for the promotion of visual and performing arts and culture. Newstead Press Pty Ltd, a company that is co-directed by artists Steve and Melissa Proposch, publishes and distributes the title nationally in Australia. It is CAB Audited, with the main focus of distribution going to Melbourne and Sydney, as well as regional Victoria and Brisbane.
Trouble was started in Newstead in 2004. The first issue featured a cover image of The Young Family (2002-3) by Patricia Piccinini, which had been recently acquired by The Bendigo Art Gallery. The first magazine consisted of 16 black and white pages, and the 1,000 copies that were printed soon disappeared from around 50 chosen outlets around Bendigo and Castlemaine in central Victoria. In 2011 a CAB audit[2] of the magazine’s circulation confirmed a figure of 20,000 free copies of Trouble being distributed nationally in Australia each month. Trouble magazine is edited and designed by Steve Proposch, and continues to publish contemporary material of particular interest to artists, performers and arts consumers.