The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) has welcomed a Senate Committee Report that recommends increased government support for the country’s video and online games development industry. The report by the Senate’s Environment and Communications References Committee makes a number of recommendations incl...
More Recommendations by the Federal Government’s Productivity Commission to cut copyright protection in Australia would have a devastating impact on the nation’s screenwriters and other authors .Jacqueline Elaine, Executive Director of the Australian Writers’ Guild said the draft recommendations – that i...
More At the Thursday night gala dinner in the beautiful grounds of Churchill Island Heritage Farm, the AWG and Foxtel presented the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award to Laura Jones, writer of Oscar and Lucinda, The Well, Angela’s Ashes, Portrait of a Lady, Possession, An Angel at My Table and High Tid...
More One of Australia’s most successful international screenwriters has announced that he will pump a million dollars of his own money into a joint venture with the Australian Writers’ Guild that will kick-start a new era for the country’s screen industry.Shane Brennan made the announcement at the Nation...
More The Australian Writers' Guild has launched a new group to support writers working in interactive media.The new Games & Interactive Advisory Committee is dedicated to establishing the priorities of one of Australia’s fastest-growing creative industries.The committee will be chaired by AWG board m...
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