Industry & Policy
As well as providing services to individual members, the AWG is also about enhancing Australian performance writing as a whole.
In this role, the AWG’s vision is to see performance writing and performance writers thrive as a dynamic and integral part of Australian storytelling; shaping, reflecting and enhancing Australia’s cultural voice in all its diversity.
We work closely with our experienced and highly-regarded members to undertake research, lobbying, advocacy and strategic initiatives on behalf of screen, stage, radio and interactive writers collectively.
The AWG is the voice of performance writers in federal and state governments, industry bodies, sector organisations and the wider community, promoting the role, recognition and reward for performance writing in Australian society and culture.
National Cultural Policy - Have Your Say
The Australian Writers' Guild is preparing its submission to the federal government regarding the development of a new national cultural policy.
Update on the Streaming Services Reporting and Investment Scheme discussion paper
Submissions to the ‘Streaming Services Reporting and Investment Scheme’ Discussion Paper were due on 24 April 2022. Many of the issues that the AWG has raised in its submission have been addressed at length in our past submissions including, most recently, to the ‘Modernising television regulation in Australia – Media Reform Green Paper’.
Government TV Proposal Falls Short
The Australian Writers’ Guild is disappointed by the minor reforms proposed in the Streaming Services Reporting and Investment Scheme put forward by Minister Fletcher today.
COVID-Safe Writers’ Rooms and Your Right to a Safe Workplace
During the past two years, the screenwriting community has, by necessity, seen a shift to writers’ rooms being conducted online.
Success: TV Producer Offset
The Australian Writers' Guild celebrates the passage through Parliament of legislative changes to federal tax incentives that will promote investment in the screen sector and provide appropriate tax support for local writer-producers.