1 September 2026 – As part of your Guild’s effort to recoup historical unpaid superannuation, we ask that members who have been commissioned to write a television script by any of the following production companies please contact industrial@awg.com.au. The production companies are: The Australian Tax Office (ATO)and Creative Workplaces have recently published guidance confirming script writers’ entitlement to superannuation. A…
17 July 2026 – Recent advice published by the ATO and Creative Workplaces reinforces that writers who are engaged by production companies to write scripts are entitled to superannuationunder the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 (Cth) (the Act). The ATO states that if you have been paid to provide a service that is required for a performance to occur, including plays or entertainment, then…
Wednesday 15 July 2026 – The Australian Writers’ Guild (AWG) and Authorship Collecting Society Australia Aotearoa (ACSAA) welcome today’s speech from Prime Minister Albanese re-affirming the Government’s position that Australia’s creators, and the laws that support us, are a key part of our nation’s future. A new Office of AI and Australian Standards can build on the…
Friday 3 July 2026 – The Australian Writers’ Guild is aware of a number of generative artificial intelligence (AI) script coverage services claiming to offer fast feedback and analysis of scripts for a fee. These services do not employ script assessors. Seeking feedback on a script is a necessary and valuable part of the writing process….
The Australian Writers’ Guild has received reports of production companies using generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology to take notes in writers’ rooms, replacing note-takers. Note-taking allows a new writer to contribute to a show and learn from experienced writers. It is a pathway to writing the crucial first script. Automated note-taking risks eliminating one of the few possible…
Thursday 11 December 2025: The Australian Writers’ Guild has worked collaboratively with the Seven Network to come to an agreement about superannuation for screenwriters engaged by Seven on Home and Away. The decision means that writers will receive superannuation contributions on their contracted script and story conference fees. As a result of this agreement,…
27 August 2025 – Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has issued a Fact Sheet on writers and superannuation. SPA has argued that production companies are merely purchasing a writer’s intellectual property in a script, and that they are not engaging writers to “perform services” i.e. writing services. We do not consider this argument to be a sound one. The characterisation of writing…
