After several years of screen industry inquiries which went nowhere, the options paper being prepared by Screen Australia and ACMA should set out clear parameters for a regulatory model that safeguards Australian content.
24 features, five online series and two "high-end" television projects have received development funding.
Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox's Every Cloud Productions is ramping up its development slate after hiring screenwriter/story editor Mike Jones.
Disney Television Studios has axed ABC Studios International, the London-based unit which has a first-look deal with Hoodlum Entertainment and co-commissioned The Gloaming with Stan.
Screen Tasmania has put funding towards the development of a second season of Stan original series 'The Gloaming', created by Victoria Madden.