The second season of ABC's 'The Newsreader' will travel from election night 1987, through the shocks of the Hoddle Street shootings and the Stock Market Crash, the complexity of the heroin crisis, towards the protest and pageantry of the 1988 Bicentenary.
New seasons of 'Total Control' and children's titles 'Rock Island Mysteries' and 'Strange Chores', as well as feature film projects from Northern Pictures, Made Up Stories and Causeway Films are among the nine projects that will share in $12 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Canadian-New Zealand actor Daniel Gillies ('The Originals') and Philippa Northeast are set to bolster the bulletins of ABC's 'The Newsreader' as filming on season two begins in Melbourne.
'Offspring' creator Debra Oswald takes the government to task over the suspension of local content quotas and calls for a new regulatory model which ensures networks and streamers can't limit their commitments to quality drama, documentary and kids' content.
Offspring co-creator Debra Oswald hopes fans will enjoy the sixth season on Network Ten next year - but she won’t be part of it.
The co-creator of Offspring has deplored the decline of the 13-episode Australian drama and criticised the shift to shorter-run “puzzle†dramas.
Shirley Barrett and Debra Oswald are among the nominees for the $30,000 award