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Changes likely for online censorship
ACMA acknowledges Australia's restricted access system for online content is outdated and questions its effectiveness.

Ratings: Tuesday, 10th June 2014
Is this predictable? Seven plus House Rules against Nine minus The Voice.

Comedian Rik Mayall dies aged 56
Tributes flow for the anarchic star of The Young Ones and Blackadder.

Ratings: the Queen's birthday weekend, from Thursday to Monday
The big drama is Old School, which the ABC is running on both Friday and Saturday night.

Screen Australia: last pre-budget tranche for doco production
Thirteen docs get $3.8m, all for television projects, with a useful group of one-offs.

Brisbane International Film Festival: traded to local government
After decades in the state agency, BIFF is being moved to Brisbane Marketing, controlled by the city council.

Not just dancing better at parties
A story about dance's transformative power is particularly potent read against new statistics that show how few Australians dance.

Ratings: Wednesday, 4th June 2014
An ugly night for the ABC, which is down to 14.9% in the total audience share.

Ratings: Tuesday, 3rd June 2014
Without the tonsil show, Nine relies on Big Bang Theory, which pretty well did step up to the mark.

New festival breathes life into Real Life
If you don’t know what IRL means, you may be spending too much time doing it.