Australian Writers' Guild
- Australian Writers' Guild
Infobox Union|
name= AWG
country= Australia
affiliation= ACTU, IAWG
members=
full_name= Australian Writers' Guild
native_name=
founded= 1961
current=
head=
dissolved_date=
dissolved_state=
merged_into=
office= Surry Hills, New South Wales
people= Tim Pye, president
website= [http://www.awg.com.au/ www.awg.com.au]
footnotes=
The Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) is the professional association for all performance writers, that is, writers for film, television, radio, theatre, video and new media. The AWG was established in 1962 and is recognised throughout the industry in Australia as being the voice of performance writers. The AWG is a member of both the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds and the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
The AWG gives writers an active political voice by lobbying government on such issues as copyright protection and the provision of adequate support for film and theatre funding bodies and the ABC and protecting Australian content.
The AWG is a democratic organisation run by its members, who each year elect a National ExecutiveCouncil and State Branch Committees.
The Australian Writers' Guild receives assistance from the Literature Fund of the Australia Council, the State Arts Ministries in New South Wales and Western Australia, the Australian Film Commission, the Film Finance Corporation, Cinemedia, the South Australian Film Corporation, Pacific Film and Television, Screenwest and the NSW Film and Television office.
Since 1967, the AWG confers the AWGIE Awards for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing.
External links
* [http://www.awg.com.au/ Official website]
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