Documentarian and hobbyist Karl von Moller is in the final stages of making a documentary on the state of play of the electronics industry in Oz. Karl says:

"After several months of researching, interviewing and filming, I'm excited to present the first public trailer to my new documentary "State of Electronics" - A discussion on the Electronics Industry in Australia. Even though the documentary is focused on Australian electronics design and manufacture, much of it applies to all countries from around the world.

The discussion is focused initially on the world of hobby electronics and how its decline could affect the electronics industry in the future. The documentary then discusses many issues that face industry including the issue of "Repair and Recycle", "Education", "Surface Mount Technology", "Globalisation", "Opportunities" and many many more off the cuff and candid comments from Industry professionals."

Here is the short trailer:

http://vimeo.com/15612312.

.. and here is a longer preview, featuring some well known people:

http://vimeo.com/21424290.

Will be interesting to watch these (I'll do so later when I have some time).

I've been involved with the industry on and off for the last 25 years in various capacities so I've seen a lot of changes.

Great to see something like this happening, it is long overdue. Please, if possible, keep us in the loop when the documentary is published.

It's also good to see that some of those blokes have radio collections.

Fascinating trailer. It was interesting to see Colin Mitchell (Talking Electronics) again after so many years. I did some work experience with him back in the 1980's as a teenager.