ABC staff have voted overwhelmingly to reject the proposed deferral of a 2 per cent pray rise which was was agreed on in last year’s three-year Enterprise Agreement.
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.
Around 300 ABC staff will move from broadcaster's headquarters in Sydney's Ultimo to new facilities in Parramatta, including potentially those from within the Entertainment & Specialist division.
Four of the major SVOD providers - Amazon, Disney+, Netflix and Stan - spent more than $260 million collectively on Australian content in 2019-20, according to data from the ACMA.
The Classification Review Board would be abolished and the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) would oversee the classification of commercially-provided content across all platforms if the federal government accepts the ACMA's submission to the classification review.
Arenamedia and a broad coalition of industry players have called on the Federal Government to create an Innovation Fund to support new and emerging talent and diverse creative voices.
Following long-standing advocacy efforts, the ABC and SBS will officially launch audio description services this week, making their programs more accessible to the more than 450,000 Australians who are blind or vision-impaired.
A new co-production treaty between Australia and Malaysia is expected to instigate the first-ever live action feature film collaborations between the two countries.