By Tom Grater
30.03.2020 - 15:11 / variety.com
Australian broadcasters see the potential for significant cost savings in the current year, if major sports events are canceled and remain off air.
Nine Entertainment, in a statement on Monday, said that it aims to cut $163 million (A$266 million) from its cost base this calendar year as a reaction to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Powered by massive commodity exports and close business links to China, Australia had enjoyed some 18 years of economic expansion. That has
MasterChef Australia judge Jock Zonfrillo has revealed how famed celebrity chef, Marco Pierre White once saved his life.
By Patrick Frater
By Patrick Frater
The 2020 Helpmann Awards, the Australian live industry’s premier awards ceremony, has been scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic.Organized by Live Performance Australia, the Helpmanns were established in 2001, and in 2018 expanded its program into a two-evening series of events.In a statement issued Tuesday (March 31), LPA announced the show would not go on this year.“Due to restrictions on public gatherings, it was simply not feasible to proceed with our planning for the 2020 Helpmann
The 2020 Helpmann Awards, the Australian live industry’s premier awards ceremony, has been scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The So Pop 2020 festival tour has been scrapped, due to the strict policies put in place by the governments of Australia and New Zealand to limit the spread of COVID-19.
The Australian Government has revised its previous ban on gatherings of 500 people or more down to a limit of 100 people at any indoor event.
The Sydney Film Festival, set to have taken place in June in Australia’s most populous city, has been canceled.
The ban on gatherings of more than 500 people imposed by the Australian Government has prompted an ongoing stream of cancellations for large scale events. Music festivals, awards ceremonies, tours, live shows are all feeling the weight of the coronavirus (COVID-19) clamp down.
BRISBANE — Byron Bay Bluesfest is the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic.
2 min read Due to the unfortunate cancelling of the Rainbow on the Plains Festival in Hay in two weeks time, the 2020 Mr Gay Pride Australia competition has been halted.
By Tom Grater
© Getty Katy Perry poses for a photograph on March 11, 2020 in Bright, Australia. The free Fight On concert was held for for firefighters and communities recently affected by the devastating bushfires in Victoria. Katy Perry is reportedly 'in lockdown' in her Sydney hotel as coronavirus anxiety grips Australia.