16 September 2019 – Leading Australian actors, directors, crew, writers and producers are in Canberra today and tomorrow in a united push to convince Parliament to introduce local content requirements for booming digital viewing platforms. With a growing consensus that Australian content rules must keep up with the growing appetite for on-demand and streaming media, a…
Continue reading5 May 2019 – The Make it Australian campaign – made up of Screen Producers Australia (SPA), Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG), and the Australian Directors Guild (ADG) – has welcomed Labor’s announcement that, if elected, a Shorten Labor Government will modernise the policy and regulatory settings that support Australian and children’s…
Continue reading14 April 2019 – The Morrison Government’s decision to extend tax offsets to streaming video services is another missed opportunity to require those platforms to invest in Australian content, say members of the Make It Australian campaign. Screen Producers Australia (SPA), Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG), and the Australian Directors…
Continue reading4 April 2019 – Our industry feels like it’s in a constant state of flux as the media landscape continues to change, with added ferocity over the last two decades as screening models make the leap from free-to-air television to online streaming services. The Senate Inquiry into Australian Content and Broadcast, Radio and Streaming Services has sought…
Continue reading3 April 2019 – The Australian Writers’ Guild and Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting Society (AWGACS) commend the European Parliament on their vote last week to adopt the EU Copyright Directive, a move that will see the rights of authors, artists and composers to receive proportionate remuneration for the use of their work defined under European…
Continue reading10 March 2019 – CJZ addresses drama budgets, shortage of writers and original concepts, in which CJZ claimed that high production and development costs and the lack of Australian writing talent were making it more and more difficult to create Australian drama. ‘There are work practices which make it impossible to make drama at the price…
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Continue reading5 July 2018 – The Australian Writers’ Guild visited Canberra last week to urge federal politicians from all parties to support the The delegation first attended an afternoon tea with the Labor caucus in Parliament House hosted by Labor MP Tony Burke. An informal panel where the caucus heard from actor Deborah Mailman, director Gillian Armstrong,…
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Continue reading28 February 2018 – On 22 January 2018, The Australian published an article from the incoming CEO of Free TV Australia Bridget Fair, who likened Australian children’s content on commercial television to the brussels sprouts of a child’s dinner. This is yet another example of Australian commercial broadcasters’ self-serving efforts to claw back the already derisory amount of…
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