The Australian Writers’ Guild welcomes the recommendations of the Select Committee on Adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI), including an urgent call for transparency around the use of copyrighted works by AI developers and fair remuneration for creators. The report contains a damning assessment of the “widespread theft of tens of thousands of Australians’ creative works by big multinational…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild welcomes the NSW Government’s response to the parliamentary inquiry into AI and its commitment to ensuring the rights of artists are protected. Recommendation three of the inquiry has been accepted by the government, namely “that the NSW Government advocate to the Australian Government for greater protection of the copyright and intellectual property of…
Continue readingSeven Australian playwrights will share $60,000 in prize money following the announcement of the Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting by the Australian Writers’ Guild today. Two plays were celebrated as joint winners in the Stage category, with Kathryn Marquet’s Aurochs sharing the prize with Steve Rodgers’ The Future is History. The judging panel described Aurochs, an examination of the…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild congratulates writers shortlisted for the 2024 Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize for Playwriting Seven playwrights and their unproduced plays have been shortlisted for the prestigious Shane & Cathryn Brennan Prize. The prize was developed to discover and celebrate the best new scripts among Australian playwrights. The shortlisted scripts were narrowed down over…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild is delighted that playwright, actor and screenwriter Matthew Whittet’s play Kindness will be translated into French for international audiences by the Paris-based Maison Antoine Vitez. The theatre translation organisation, which specialises in contemporary plays, has received funding via Creative Australia’s Translation Fund for Literature. The fund supports international and Australian publishers in translating works,…
Continue readingEndemol Shine Australia (a Banijay Entertainment company) and Screen Australia have today announced the Early Career Writers Program, supported by the Australian Writers’ Guild. A collaboration between Endemol Shine Australia and Screen Australia, the initiative will provide high-level training in a global calibre script department to four early to mid-career Australian writers who have the potential…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) welcomes Screen Australia’s key principles for the approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a positive step forward for the agency and wider industry. AWG and AWGACS Group CEO Claire Pullen said: “We’re pleased to see these guidelines provide a clear direction on what the ethical use of AI should look like in…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild welcomes the Government’s proposed guardrails for the safe and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in high-risk settings, which would include mandatory transparency around provenance of data and how datasets are used in AI systems. AWG and AWGACS Group CEO Claire Pullen said: “These guardrails are a positive step towards establishing a regulatory framework that supports the…
Continue readingThe Australian Writers’ Guild welcomes the Government’s proposed guardrails for the safe and responsible use of Artificial Intelligence in high-risk settings, which would include mandatory transparency around provenance of data and how datasets are used in AI systems. AWG and AWGACS Group CEO Claire Pullen said: “These guardrails are a positive step towards establishing a regulatory framework that supports the…
Continue readingThe 57th Annual AWGIE Awards are officially open for entries! The AWGIE Awards recognise and reward the outstanding achievements of Australian performance writers and their contribution to Australia’s cultural landscape. Entries are open to eligible screen, stage, interactive and audio works that finished principal photography or production or had a first performance between 1 January 2023 and…
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