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Bluey, Australia's Favourite Kids' Show, Wins an International Emmy Kids Award,
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'The adventures of Australia's favourite cartoon blue heeler Bluey have again been recognised, with the hit ABC show winning an International Emmy Kids Award.'
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Arts Sector Hit Again as La Mama Theatre, Sydney Writers' Festival and Others Lose Australia Council Funding Amid Coronavirus Shutdown,
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'Already cash-strapped in the face of coronavirus, Australia's arts sector says it's been further devastated after dozens of organisations lost federal funding.'
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Coronavirus Pandemic Spurs Australian Movie Producers to Favour Feel-good Films,
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'Veteran Australian film producers are shelving violent movies in favour of feel-good drama and comedy, anticipating strong demand for uplifting cinema once the COVID-19 lockdown ends.'
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How the Oxford English Dictionary Was Brought to Life in a Rustic 'scriptorium',
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'Just to work from "A" to "ant" took the original Oxford English Dictionary team around 10 years.'
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Lonely Planet to Close Most of Its Melbourne Office as Coronavirus Impacts Sales,
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'Travel publisher Lonely Planet has announced it will close most of its operations in Melbourne and London as the company deals with the impacts of coronavirus on its sales.'
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Australian Author Shokoofeh Azar Shortlisted for International Booker Prize with Novel Inspired by Iranian History and Folklore,
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'In 2011 the writer Shokoofeh Azar found herself in a strange country, with a strange dilemma.'
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New DC Comic Book Superhero Thylacine Is an Indigenous Australian from the Pilbara,
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'There's a new Aboriginal superhero in the DC Universe and she's a deadly Ngarluma hunter from the Pilbara.'
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Domestic Abuse Investigation by Journalist Jess Hill Wins Stella Prize for Writing by Australian Women,
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'Journalist Jess Hill has won the $50,000 Stella Prize for writing by Australian women for See What You Made Me Do (Black Inc), her study of domestic abuse in Australia.'
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Coronavirus Has Shut down the Australian Screen Industry but Most Workers Aren't Eligible for JobKeeper,
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'Joel West had just started his first week as a senior set dresser on Netflix's forthcoming thriller series Clickbait when the shoot was shut down due to social distancing measures introduced by the Federal Government.' (Introduction)
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Making TV in the Coronavirus Pandemic : Why the Television Industry Is Watching What Neighbours Does Next,
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'Long-running soap opera Neighbours is about to go back into production following the COVID-19 shutdown — but it will be a very different environment on set.'
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TV Content Quotas Mean Indigenous Stories Won't Be Told, Film Industry Figures Say,
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'A Torres Strait-filmed TV series has narrowly escaped shutting down due to the global pandemic, but its producer has warned that Indigenous productions face a bigger threat in years to come.'
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In Zoë Coombs Marr's Amazon Prime Comedy Special Bossy Bottom We Meet the Woman behind Dave,
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'The first time I saw Dave perform stand-up comedy, I was disgusted.'
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Australian Arts Sector Left in the Cold by Federal Government, Claims Prominent Theatre Director,
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'Prominent Australian theatre director Geordie Brookman has launched a scathing attack on the Federal Government for not coming to the aid of the arts sector.' (Introduction)
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Indigenous Australian Author Tara June Winch Wins Book of the Year at NSW Premier's Literary Awards,
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'Wiradjuri writer Tara June Winch has pulled off a hat-trick at the 2020 NSW Premier's Literary Awards for her novel The Yield, taking home three major prizes, including the Book of the Year.'
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Children's Book Nullaboo Hullabaloo, Written in Bunnaloo, to Be Turned into Movie,
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'The small town of Bunnaloo is a long way from Tinseltown, but a book about a fairy who lives in a small NSW town just like it will be getting the major movie studio treatment soon enough.' (Introduction)
- Coronavirus Pandemic Forces Cancellation of 2020 Logie Awards, single work column