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Why one of Australia’s most successful TV production companies is being shut down

Members of the Australian screen industry have been shocked to learn one of the nation’s most successful and prolific production companies, Matchbox Pictures – and its subsidiary Tony Ayres Productions – will shut their doors this week.

The Conversation · Feb 19

Australian screen industry crushed as Universal shutters Matchbox Pictures, with 30 jobs lost

Peak screenwriting body says the closure is a reminder industry cannot rely on ‘whims of international studios to keep us afloat’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 18

A look into the decades of labour that helped bring LGBTQIA+ stories to Australian TV

When the Seven Network’s Bevan Lee created the story of James Bligh, a gay man living in 1950s Australia, in A Place to Call Home (2013–18), it was the culmination of a lifetime of work in commercial TV.

The Conversation · Jul 28, 2025

The Survivors: how to watch, recaps, cast, plot, trailer, first looks and everything we know

The Survivors is a Netflix murder mystery thriller series set in Tasmania starring Charlie Vickers and Yerin Ha.

WhatToWatch · May 15, 2025

Peppa Pig has introduced a pair of lesbian polar bears, but Aussie kids’ TV has been leading the way in queer representation

Peppa Pig’s first same-sex couple, a pair of lesbian polar bears, were recently introduced after a petition to include a same-sex family received nearly 24,000 signatures.

The Conversation · Sep 21, 2022