ARTS alive - program 04, 1997

Telecommunications and the Arts: Telecommunications in Australia is about to undergo the biggest revolution since the ABC was created in 1932. From July 1st, the telecommunications market will be DEREGULATED, perhaps with unforeseeable consequence for social and commercial culture, and for the arts of the new media. Watching over the field is the TELECOMMUNICATION OMBUDSMAN, funded not on the USER PAYS PRINCIPLE, but on the ABUSER PAYS PRINCIPLE. We Talk to DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN, WALLY ROTHWELL
KEITH AND ELIZABETH MURDOCH TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP: A travelling scholarship at the VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, now named the KEITH AND ELIZABETH MURDOCH TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP is probably the oldest art award in Australia, with a continuous history. We hear from Professor Evan Walker, Chair of the Council of the Victorian College of the Arts, and speak with Vera Mueller, this years winner of the Fellowship
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