Australian performers remain in dispute after more than two months with the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA).
The Equity director has stepped down after 12 years
Maggie Dence has had a successful career spanning four decades
The creative industries business manager will replace former director Simon Whipp
The World Intellectual Property Organization has finalised a new treaty for audiovisual performers which will strengthen the economic rights of film actors
A delegation of producers, performers and broadcasters have spent the past two days in Canberra voicing concerns on the effect piracy is having on the Australian screen industry.
Sue McCreadie has stepped down as director of Actors Equity amid negotiations between the Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance and Screen Producers Australia over two new industrial agreements.
Roy Billing has resigned from Actors Equity’s national performers committee in protest at the removal of Sue McCreadie as the director of Actors Equity.