Publishing plays rough; musician meltdown mania; local talent further afield?; NOTW and Australian industry regulation

Show airtime: July 15-18, 2011
As the News of the World phone hacking scandal deepens, NATHAN COATES spoke about whether the role of our AUSTRALIAN PRESS COUNCIL needs to have more impact on media accountability, or as is suggested by PETER FARRIS, QC, abolishing it altogether.


PENGUINS ROUGHING IT FOR PUBLISHING INDUSTRY
MIG CALDWELL played around with the short story performance group, PENGUINS PLAY ROUGH, on the debut of the released of their selected published short stories, available in hard copy and on the hard drive... 


SAVE SPACES FOR AUSSIE FACES
Will current laws allow for local acting talent to be scoped out further afield? It has been revealed that Foreign Performer Guidelines could be amended to allow for the hiring of international talent to fill the roles on local TV productions funded by taxpayers.
The ‘Save Spaces for Aussie Faces’ campaign is petitioning against such changes as SIMON WHIPP, Director of Actors Equity, explained to JESS WINGARD.


MUSIC PERFORMANCE ANXIETY A SERIOUS CONDITION
And is it a case of nerves, or something more serious? MIG CALDWELL spoke to Professor of Psychology and Music Director of Australian Centre for Applied Research in Music Performance, DIANNA KENNY: the founder of a new study, suggesting the existence of musician performance anxiety is all too real...

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