Secrecy and Surveillance – the 2014 report into the state of Press Freedom in Australia reveals insidious methods are being used deny journalists access to information, sources are being targeted through court subpoenas, metadata surveillance threatens public interest journalism.
Crew working on long running Australian television series Neighbours have voted to take industrial action for the first time in 25 years.
Equity is disturbed by the Commission of Audit’s recommendation that Screen Australia be merged with the Australia Council and have its funding halved. The report recommends that Screen Australia’s reduced funding be focussed on areas of Australian content, including “those with an historical perspective that might not otherwise be funded”.
Three ensemble television casts have been selected from an impressive field to take out the 2014 Equity Ensemble Awards.
It was the performances in the second series of ABC drama Redfern Now, miniseries Top of the Lake and comedy Upper Middle Bogan that most impressed Australian actors.
Established by the Equity Foundation in 2011, the peer-voted awards honour outstanding performances by television ...
Actors Equity is calling on the Abbott Government to honour its pre-election promise not to cut ABC funding.
