Visual Arts

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.

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.…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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.

Network Ten: new gambler rides into town
Subject to the Foreign Ownership Review Board, US giant CBS is the new owner of Network Ten.

Deloitte: Australian audiences out of love with live
The annual Deloitte review of media consumption is an equal opportunity scarer. This time, the audience is taking revenge.

Documentary powerhouse Mandy Chang gets key international role
Mandy Chang, at the ABC until this September, is the new Commissioning Editor of the BBC's Storyville.