Bunya Media Group had a defining moment on Thursday, 27 May 2021 with a press release which announces that Penny Smallacombe, the Head of the First Nations Department at Screen Australia is to become Penny Smallacombe, producer at Bunya Productions.
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Bunya co-owners David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin are both ABC veterans, where they seem to have learnt that a good organisation person with a strong sense of autonomy and a rebellious creative streak is truly valuable. Besides Penny Smallacombe, Bunya is also working with Sophia Zachariou, who had been a senior figure in Screen NSW and an executive producer at the ABC for no less than 14 years.
