The ABC series was nominated in the Children and Youth category
Strauss, who received Gender Matters: Brilliant Stories funding last year, is adapting Robert Wainwright's biography of Sheila Chisholm, the daughter of a wealthy grazier from NSW who arrived in London society in 1914.
The Asian Television Awards recognises "excellence in programming, production and performance"
Series two of the award-winning drama starts this weekend
Miranda Otto has joined the cast of Dance Academy: The Movie, currently shooting in Sydney.
Finding Dory has dominated the Aussie box office for the third week in a row, hauling in $5.5 million over the weekend.
Dance Academy, the new 26-part, half-hour ABC TV drama series for children has started shooting in Sydney
Having completed his block on 'Dance Academy: The Movie', Lonsdale is now back in Vancouver, where he spends ten months of every year shooting WB's 'The Flash'.