Performing Arts
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Media Brief - Mon 18 September 2017 - lawyers ready for brutal clash
Fifield fends off worrying allegations about ABC as the fight for Ten rises to a frenzy. Its a busy week…
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Reminder- Make it Australian to launch on Monday
The Make it Australian campaign is poised to launch as the turmoil grows.
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Fight in parliament gets personal as Hanson and Xenephon change media landscape forever
Parliamentary fun as the government enacts historic changes to deregulate media ownership.
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What's On - plenty of festy fun + industry meet to protect the quotas.
Most important this week? Monday's massive Austra-wide meet to kick off the campaign to protect TV quotas and therefore jobs.…
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Budgets: spend it to make it - but just how much?
The key to success is simple - the right budget to match possible returns. Antony I. Ginnane wonders where that…
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What's On - Italian horror, Underground challenge, Persian children, Ghibli..
Italian, Persian, Latin-American, Queer, Underground, horror, fashion, animation - festivals abound, though it depends a LOT on your location.
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What's On: fabulous Studio Ghibli, Killing Ground, cycling doc and Belmondo
There are treasures in the cinema right now - the Ghibli festival is unique in the world, the Belmondo films…
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Make It Australian - how will the future look?
The industry gears up for a campaign to defend the status quo - but it has been quietly evolving to…
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2017 AWGIES - Leah Purcell honoured by writing community
Actor, writer and director Leah Purcell ultimately dominated the Writers' Guild annual awards with her stage play, The Drover's Wife.
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Network Ten: new gambler rides into town
Subject to the Foreign Ownership Review Board, US giant CBS is the new owner of Network Ten.