Almost two-thirds of Australian Writers' Guild Authorship Collecting Society (AWGACS) members who are actively receiving secondary royalties have signed up to a new agreement which is expected to potentially boost their future income.
Endemol Shine Australia and Screen Australia have launched an Early Career Writers Program to help foster the next generation of local screenwriting talent.
The federal government has proposed new legislation that will stop Artificial Intelligence (AI) models from using content created by artists without their permission.
Screenwriters Evlin DuBose and Cameron Williams have won the Australian Writers' Guild's Emerging Writers Awards in Melbourne this evening, with the pair to share $10,000 of script development funding.
Last week's Senate Inquiry into the risks and opportunities of AI adoption showed positive steps are being taken towards the responsible use of the technology, albeit outside the country's creative industries, according to Australian Writers' Guild executive director Claire Pullen.
The time has come for governments to differentiate between the creative industries and other sectors regarding the impact of AI, Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) president Claire Pullen says.
Games writer wins prestigious John Hinde Award for excellence in Science-Fiction Writing.
Two days after the Writers Guild of America was able to secure protections against the use of artificial intelligence in scripting film and television content, the Australian Writers' Guild made its own stand against the technology.