The ABC is being pressured by the Federal Government to ask staff to forgo for six months a 2 per cent pay rise which was due to come into effect in October.
ABC staff will vote this week on whether or not to accept the Federal Government's request to defer for six months a 2 per cent pay rise that is due to come into effect on October 1.
Australian performers remain in dispute after more than two months with the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA).
The MEAA is pressing producers to pay actors in Australian TV dramas residuals from the first dollar of revenues.
An Actors Equity national performers committee member has defended the union’s process of vetting imported actors in Australian taxpayer-funded film and TV productions.
The Equity director has stepped down after 12 years
Around 200 Australian actors have rallied in protest outside the Sydney offices of the Screen Producers' Association of Australia (SPAA).
Actors seldom complain about a lack of diversity in the casting of Australian films and TV programs, according to actress/filmmaker Pearl Tan.