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Melbourne’s Federation Hall is a 220 seat theatre on the beautiful grounds of The Victorian College of The Arts, Southbank. Part of The University of Melbourne, the Hall is a true multipurpose venue, hosting lectures, orchestral performances and film screenings. “It’s as much a teaching venue as it is a performance venue” explained Scott Morrison,…

Novatech Creative Event Technology is proud to announce their guru of all things I.T., Jacob Thomas is this year’s winner of the Meetings & Events Australia Young Professional Scholarship. Over the last four-and-a-half years, Jacob has been a knowledgeable lighting and vision technician, managed and developed the permanent installations portfolio, been responsible for all internal…

Staging Connections has been named the new in-house audio visual supplier for Merivale’s iconic ivy, on George Street, Sydney. Following an intensive tender process, Staging Connections won the exclusive contract in recognition of their varied experience and global reputation for delivering engaging event solutions. Director of Venues at Staging Connections, Terry Oomens, is delighted with his…

At least one creditor of Big Day Out remains unpaid, well after the 2014 festival finished, despite American co-promoter C3 Presents asserting they would pay everyone. Perth crewing agency Event Personnel Australia say they are owed over $50,000 for providing crew to the Perth festival. Future Perth Big Day Out shows are likely to be…

Competitive event announced while ENTECH co-location in doubt The biennial broadcast tradeshow carrying the SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers) brand has announced it will shift venues in 2015, following inspection of the temporary Sydney Exhibition Centre at Glebe Island. Now SMPTE will be staged at Sydney’s Moore Park in the Hall of…

The Star’s Event Centre has been transformed by the arrival of the largest in house Hi-Res LED screen in any event space in Sydney.  The modular screen can be custom built to suit a variety of event styles, creating a screen up to 10m by 5.5m comprised of 220 panels of 5mm LED. Its flexibility offers…

The heritage-listed Newstead Gas Ring is an iconic piece of Brisbane’s historical industrial architecture and is now the hub of a major urban regeneration project, Gasworks. The newly launched Gasworks Plaza element of this project stands below the superstructure of the former gas storage ring, which has now been illuminated with over 500 Anolis LED lighting…

Jeff Morgan of Lots of Watts Central Coast received an unusual request from a local Seniors Club for a remote controlled follow spot. It was required because the roof height at the rear of their venue was low plus a large, traditional follow spot was too much for club members to physically handle. Jeff’s brief…

In an industry-changing move, Australia’s leading Event Communications supplier The P.A. People has partnered with Australia’s number one digital two-way radio network Orion to bring Motorola’s MOTOTRBO™ technology to the events industry. For the first time, the combination of The P.A. People’s communications experience and the reach and flexibility of the Orion network means deeply…