Screen Australia study finds more First Nations characters but one in four TV shows have all Anglo-Celtic casts

There is a lot of work still to be done to reflect Australia’s population on television screens, diversity report says

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The number of First Nations main characters in local TV drama has gone from 4.8% to 7.2% in five years, according to Screen Australia’s diversity report.

But there is a lot of work still to be done to reflect the true diversity of the population as one in four of the main casts of the 361 programs analysed is entirely Anglo-Celtic. This is down from one-third of all shows in 2016.

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