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ABC Comedy: Fresh Blood drips off Auntie’s chin

The ABC and Screen Australia's Fresh Blood initiative has managed to find 25 projects and is busy introducing them to the innovative idea of contracts, an actual budget, and real money.

17 Feb 2014 12:00

David Tiley

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The ABC and Screen Australia’s Fresh Blood initiative has managed to find 25 projects and is busy introducing them to the innovative idea of contracts, an actual budget, and real money.

The callout last October for new comedy ideas and teams was a cry into the wilderness, a banshee yodel far beyond the safe confines of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival or the various Fringes.

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David Tiley

David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.