Panthers and pumas are alive and well in the Australian bush and big cat expert Vaughan King is on a quest to prove it. The former big cat keeper at Australia Zoo has teamed up with veteran researchers John Turner and Simon Townsend to investigate recent sightings of these elusive predators. Their aim is to prove the existence of a living population of big cats in the Australian bush, creatures whom authorities deny exist.
Documentaries examining the aftermath of the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires, Australia’s frontier conflicts and race and identity through the prism of former AFL star Adam Goodes are being funded by Screen Australia in one of the final funding rounds overseen by Liz Stevens.
Mark Ruse, who was partnered with Stephen Luby in Ruby Entertainment for 20 years, died unexpectedly on Saturday. He was 64.