In the wake of recent allegations of sexual harassment across both local and international screen sectors, Women in Film and Television (WIFT) NSW has joined forces with a range of industry bodies to deliver a free forum designed to address the issue and bring about change.
The Australian screen industry can brace itself for yet another Canberra-led inquiry, this time from the Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications.
The ABC has strongly rejected the commercial free-to-air broadcasters’ demands that it restrict its role to providing programming which they cannot or will not provide.
“As an industry we have to constantly go to government with cap-in-hand, seeking to be recognised," 'The Doctor Blake Mysteries' star tells IF.
The groundswell of support for the Australian screen industry’s Make it Australian campaign grows by the day.
Actor Roy Billing has questioned whether Labor MP Susan Templeman had properly read his submission to the House of Representatives inquiry into the growth and sustainability of Australia’s film and TV industry
Many producers believe the MEAA should lose the right to be consulted on issuing visas for foreign performers but are afraid to take a stand publicly, actor Roy Billing has told the House of Reps inquiry into film and TV.
Calls by the Seven, Nine and Ten networks to scrap the quotas for children’s and pre-school programming have been roundly condemned by key screen industry groups and guilds.