Senator Mitch Fifield’s dismal performance in senate estimates shows the contempt the Australian government has for games

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Opinion by Matt S. Yesterday the CEO of iGEA, Ron Curry, published an open letter to Senator Mitch Fifield, the Minister for Arts and Communications, and the person in the federal government that has ultimate responsibility for the videogames industry. Today, in senate estimates, Greens senator, Scott Ludlam, as the…

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Australia’s game’s industry would like for arts minister, Senator Mitch Fifield, to finally pay attention, please

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News by Matt S. One of Australia’s major games industry bodies, iGEA, has published an open letter to Senator Mitch Fifield, the person who’s meant to be in charge of initiatives to support and grow the local game development industry. He is the Arts and Communications minister, after all, and…

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If the Turnbull Government was sincere about improving Australia’s economy, it would support the games industry

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Opinion by Matt S. The treatment of the Australian games industry throughout 2016 by the government is the great unspoken proof of how weak, false, and ineffective the leadership of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been. In lacking the insight to realise just how valuable this industry could be to…

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The Australian Arts Party builds Australia’s first comprehensive games industry policy

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News by Matt S. As all Australians know, there’s a federal election coming up in a little under two weeks now. Under normal circumstances this wouldn’t hold much interest to a gaming website, but as we’re an Australian publication, and as one political party has just announced something of intense…

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