One good year is no reason to avoid screen industry reforms

A slump in domestic television drama production over the past year shows the need to maintain local content rules for both free-to-air and subscription TV

Big boost for screen sector

Australia’s screen sector today warmly welcomed the passage through Parliament of measures to increase the level of support for screen content provided through vital tax incentives.

As NSW live music re-opens can musicians afford to play?

The New South Wales government must back moves to introduce a minimum fee for music gigs to end the exploitation and rip offs in the live music sector.

Senate’s ABC inquiry is ‘overtly political’

The announcement of yet another Coalition-initiated Senate inquiry into the ABC and SBS is entirely unwarranted and a further example of this government’s unceasing desire to baldly interfere in the editorial independence of the national public broadcasters

Queensland Court’s ‘Journalist F’ appeal decision another blow for press freedom

The Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, the union for Australia’s journalists, is deeply concerned at the outcome in today’s appeal hearing in the case involving “Journalist F” over his refusal to identify a confidential source, citing his ethical obligation to protect the source’s identity.

Today’s decision highlights the inadequacies of Queensland’s approach to, and delayed acknowledgement of, the need for a ...