The MEAA has hit back at the government's new VET student loan scheme, arguing that making acting courses ineligible for support puts at risk "the next wave" of Australian actors.
Screen industry groups have welcomed a new parliamentary inquiry into the growth and sustainability of Australian film and TV as an opportunity to address “long-term systemic issues.â€
Veteran actress Noeline Brown will be honoured with the 2017 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award.
Zoe Angus has quit as national director of Equity at MEAA to join SPA.
Equity Foundation has launched comedy scholarship that will give one Australian or Kiwi performer the chance to spend three months at The Second City's Chicago Training Centre.
Australia now has its first ever set of intimacy guidelines for stage and screen, a result of 18 months of industry consultation by a dedicated committee of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA).
The second season of ABC's 'Mystery Road', lockdown ABC comedy 'Retrograde' and SBS thriller 'Hungry Ghosts' have won the 11th annual Equity Ensemble Awards.
The Australian screen industry is experiencing a boom, with Australia being seen as an affordable and safe place to film. This presents a distinct opportunity, not just for the Australian economy, but for modernising an industry ripe for change that can better meet the needs of contemporary audiences moving forward, writes actor, producer and writer Oakley Kwon.