The Assembly: ABC series with Autistic journalism students wins screen award

The Assembly has won the annual Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network Award.
Sam Neill in The Assembly. Image: ABC.

The Assembly, the ABC’s series featuring Autistic journalism students, has won the annual Screen Diversity and Inclusion Network (SDIN) Award at this year’s Screen Producers Australia (SPA) Awards. 

Produced by HELIUM Pictures for the ABC, supported by Aspect, Bus Stop Films and Macquarie University, the series was also nominated for Best Factual Entertainment Program at the 2025 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards.

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Paul Dalgarno is author of the novels A Country of Eternal Light (2023) and Poly (2020); the memoir And You May Find Yourself (2015); and the creative non-fiction book Prudish Nation (2023). He is Head of Content at ArtsHub & ScreenHub. Insta: @dalgarnowrites