Detective Jay Swan, the protagonist in Ivan Sen's films 'Mystery Road' and 'Goldstone', is headed to the small screen.
Director Warwick Thornton decided to make his latest documentary 'We Don't Need A Map' following backlash he received when he compared the Southern Cross to a swastika.
Two features, 'Wonderful Unknown' and 'Dirt Music', as well as a six-part drama series from Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey, are set to shoot in Western Australia, thanks to the $16 million WA Regional Film Fund.
Filming will start this month on the ABC's Blue Water Empire, a dramatised documentary series about the history of the Torres Strait Islands.
Alastair McKinnon has been appointed deputy head of ABC TV fiction.