Industry hunts answers at Senate Estimates

Mark Scott digs at SBS, while Senator Ludlum just misses the jugular on screen financing policy.
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Image: decent, honest bureaucrats confronting the Senate Estimates Committee. Actually an image about the production of Thor Ragnarok, the subject of Senatorial scrutiny.  

By the time Screen Australia took the floor at Senate Estimates on Tuesday, the ABC’s Mark Scott had already been through his last ever confrontation with a hostile committee. He is very used to the nitpicking of hostile right wingers, who loathe the ABC for simply existing. 

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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.