Veteran producer-director Martha Ansara warns that deregulating the system of approving visas for foreign actors and crews would endanger Australian cultural content.
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Ausfilm has aligned itself with producers, broadcasters and Foxtel in advocating the abolition of the requirement for the Arts Minister to consult with the MEAA on visa applications for foreign cast and crew.
NET-WORK-PLAY is returning to Melbourne in 2016 after seven years in Adelaide.
It is with great sadness the AWG reports that Ted Roberts, the highly respected television writer and producer, died of cancer on Monday February 23. He was 83.
Experienced screenwriter Roger Monk has been appointed scripted development producer at Essential Media and Entertainment's new Brisbane office.
Foxtel has proposed the government would consult with the MEAA on visa applications for foreign actors and crew in taxpayer-funded Australian screen productiond as infrequently as every three years.
AIDC's 2015 event, NET-WORK-PLAY, will be the last for Executive Director Joost den Hartog.
The commercial free-to-air broadcasters have called on the government to reform the process of granting visas to foreign actors and crew to work in Australia screen productions.