Teaching-for-creativity is rarely an explicit objective of the learning and assessment process. In Europe, collaborative research projects have been recently set up to address this lack of acknowledgment or explicitness. Australian universities lag behind in this respect. However, Australian HEIs are now showing increasing commitment to creative capacity building as an outcome of undergraduate teaching.

The government is reviewing the operation of two new copyright exceptions that permit 'format shifting'. The purpose of this paper is to invite submissions on whether these sections are operating satisfactorily or whether either provision should be modified in some way. The government is reviewing the operation of two new copyright exceptions that permit ‘format...

The Tax Laws Amendment (2007 Measures No. 5) Bill 2007 was introduced into the House of Representatives on 16 August 2007. On the same day, the Senate referred the provisions of the bill to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics for report by 5 September 2007. This review examines the following amendments to tax laws...

Another perspective on the federal government's new funding scheme aimed at revitalising Australian TV and film production. Antony Funnell talks to Sydney-based film and television producer Penny Chapman.

New government funding arrangements are being put in place to try to boost production levels for Australian cinema and TV - but will they work? Antony Funnell talks to Richard Harris, CEO of the South Australian Film Corporation.