Feb 1955 Actors Equity appears before Royal Commission. May 1955 letter to editor of ABC weekly by Hal Lashwood.
Actos Equity often accused of being communistic see here.
Sept 1955 Actors eEquity demands quota of 55% see hereMarch 1956 involved in discovery Robert Tudawali living in squalour see here, here and here
Sydney actors equity wanted half day stop work on 22 May 1956 to demand quota. According to Tribune it was first ever stoppage
In Aug 1956 Victoria Acqtors Equity voted for similar stoppage. This went to arbitration Sept 1956. Another article and here. March 1957 rate was fixed.
15 Aug 1956 AE order stop to members appearing in TV commercials - this still going in Jan - AWW comments on it. Another article here. See here
21 Aug 1957 Tribue article where Equity complain dentists are protected but not them - also Packer says Aussies not good enough
Sept 1956 Tribune article on how TCN swamped with US programs see here.
August 1957 - union shocked by government relaxing restructions on imported shows. No Autralian actor employed in a drama on commercial station.
Sept 1957 Actor's Equity work stoppage. (See other page "
Dec 1957 part of cancelloation of televising Peter Pan.
Nov 1958 equity campaigned for Labor see here and here and in the Tribune here. AE said Liberal Party not interested in them.
Jan 1959 AE calls on NSW govt to abandon opera house
Jan 1959 Victoria AE calls for quota
April 1959 - AE threatens another stop work aainst ABC
July 1959 AE asks for more local shows
Aug 1959 Actors Equity argue for quota saying in one week of Melbourne television 1500 foreign actors appeared but only five Australians. See here Also argued radio work for actors declined 65%
Nov 1959 - Davison considers report on Australian programming. See also here and here. Also here where he says will take action but words it vaguely.
April 1960 AE attacks the ABC for not showing enough Australian shows.
Sept 1960 AE orders another stop work - there were moves to stop it but went ahead
Nov 1960 - meetings to avert strike - see here, here, here
18 July 1961 - another stop work from AE over repeat fees for actors. See also here.
Oct 1961 ACTU applies for 50% quota.
April 1962 five month strike by British TV actors ends.
Dec 1962 production on Jonah halted. See here, here, here, here, here and here
Feb 1963 AE asks Committee for quota. Equity attitude blamed here and here.
June 1963 AE get award so that if you wear blackface on stage you get a little more.
Feb 965 Ae dispute against Crawfords for Homicide - resolved by March
Jan 1966 Undertow dispute
June 1970 AE want higher quota
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