After months of speculation, Senator Conroy finally announced the first stage of the government’s response to the Convergence Review on Friday afternoon. Despite the headlines, the Australian content requirements on commercial television were vague and flexible, while licence fees remain cut i...
More The AWG congratulates full members Ingle Knight and Tommy Murphy, who have been announced as recipients of the 2012 Richard Burton Award for Playwriting. The judging panel was chaired by Sally Burton and included Australian Writers' Guild WA Chair Barbara Connell. Full members Mary Rachel Brow...
More The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) today released their first line-up announcement for the biennial National Screenwriters Conference, which will take place at Mornington Peninsula in Victoria from 20-22 February 2013. Shameless creator Paul Abbott, announced as international headliner last m...
More From: Jacqueline Elaine, AWGTo: letters@theaustralian.com.auDate: 25 October, 2012 The 'entertainment industry’s' mischievous accusations of bias on the part of the advisory committee set up to advise the government's review of Australian copyright law are a nonsense (Andrew...
More Shameless creator Paul Abbott has been announced to head up the biennial National Screenwriters Conference, 20-22 February 2013One of Britain's most critically acclaimed and commercially successful TV writers will head to our shores for the biennial National Screenwriters Conference at Morning...
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