Until there is diverse representation on stage and screen, not all Australians will feel acknowledged as a part of the society they live in, according Ursula Yovich.
ABC director entertainment and specialist Michael Carrington explains why the broadcaster has launched diversity and inclusion commissioning guidelines.
The ABC has outlined a new strategy to ensure diversity and inclusion across its programming, releasing prescribed commissioning guidelines.
A new report released by the Australian Screen Production Education and Research Association (ASPERA) shows that there is limited on screen diversity within students' capstone projects at film school, and behind the camera, crew roles are gendered.
The Australian Cinematographers Society’s A Wider Lens report, which examines career pathways into cinematography, and the workplace and recruitment experiences of camera professionals, paints a picture of inequality, discrimination and a lack of diversity. It recommends an "industrial scale" effort to address a toxic work culture, finding many workplace conditions, as well as commonplace bullying, harassment and discrimination, are resulting in significant mental health consequences, to the point of threatening the industry's long-term sustainability and growth.
Katrina Barber and Julianne Ryan. (Photo: City of Mandurah). Screenwest and Carers WA have awarded Perth-based production studio Rhythm Content...
NZ On Air’s fourth Diversity Report shows a more diverse mix of content creators in key TV production roles in New Zealand but there is still under-representation of Asian screen creatives/
Talent Camp - an initiative designed to forge career pathways for emerging creatives from diverse backgrounds - has united the industry on a national level.