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ABC Head of Television: CPSU unimpressed with appointment
Given the tension inside the ABC over the partnership approach to production with the independent sector, the appointment of Richard…
Federal Arts Policy: new Minister hits ground running in comfy shoes, forces staff to read poetry
Shaft an extremely popular Minister just after the reforms have been announced? In a traditionally skittish and articulate sector? New…
MEAA: scoring for locals in sports visa rort
The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance has pulled off what it calls a great victory in channelling overseas crew visa…
Producers jailed: durance vile for failed film fraudsters
Merely gross for outsiders, this story has a certain joyous fascination for the screen sector. And six and a half…
The Sapphires: fingers crossed as early figures on US box office are very encouraging
Over the first weekend, on four screens, The Sapphires took $40,990 in New York and Los Angeles. That is a…
Sales Agent Insights: no, its not bonzer but it could be, says Tim Haslam
With international breakout films from Australia as scarce as brains in a wombat, the sector watched Tim Haslam, a formidable…
Simon Crean: loses Arts Ministry portfolio
In a roller-coaster day of dreadful ironies, the government pulls out of media reform, the only changes threaten the independent…
Screen Australia: documentary tranche announced as one off figures improve
$2.3m out the door, ten documentaries financed, interesting emphasis on contract directors.
Sustainability: documentary, philanthropy and the public interest
Blocked from access to public money and airwaves, documentary makers are forming alliances with the philanthropic sector. The Documentary Australia…
Media Reform: Greens extract unexpected concession for screen sector
The Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Convergence Review and Other Measures) Bill 2013, utterly unchanged after desperate lobbying by the screen sector,…