ABC chair Ita Buttrose, actors Hugh Jackman, Sigrid Thornton, Eric Bana and Peter Cousens, director and cinematographer Ray Argall, and producers Suzanne Baker, Kerry Heysen-Hicks and Fiona Cochrane were among the screen professionals to receive Queen's Birthday Honours over the long weekend.
Seven Studios has signed a major content deal with Facebook, the first of its kind in Australia.
Chris Winter, a pivotal figure in Australian public broadcasting for more than 40 years, has died in Sydney, aged 72.
After portraying a succession of killers, psychotics and all-round bad dudes for the best part of 10 years, Damon Herriman is striving to play more upstanding characters.
Pete McTighe’s career is flying like the Tardis since he wrote an episode of the 11th season of the BBC’s iconic Doctor Who.
The ABC and Canadian public broadcaster CBC have agreed to co-develop and co-produce drama, comedy, non-scripted and children’s programming.
ABC and Screen Australia have announced the three films they will support via the joint DisRupted initiative, with each set to screen on ABC ME on International Day of People with a Disability.
NITV and Screenwest have partnered on a new initiative ‘First Voices’, calling for in-language documentary ideas from emerging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander screen practitioners.