Australian studio The People’s Republic of Animation (PRA) have revealed the first episode of a 10-part, intersticial, musical TV series titled Itty Bitty Ditties. The project was created and directed by PRA’s James Calvert, and features artwork by Chris Edser. The project began airing on the Australian network ABC3, and the 1-minute songs are apparently all as nonsensical as this one, which details which body part love eminates from. If I tell you the title of the song, it’ll ruin the joke.

Director DC Turner has produced a 9-minute short film based on a beat poem by comedian Tim Minchin. Storm will be released soon, and the trailer is below. Fraser Davidson acted as the lead animator, and while some work was produced in Flash, it was primarily an After Effects production.

Greedy Boy is a new, 4-minute, student short from Kim Young Ha, a student at RMIT University in Melbourne. The title sorta sums it up, and while the animation and design aren’t world-class, it’s rather inspired and full of energy, cool camera angles and nice pacing.

Australia’s Department of Primary Industries commissioned this 4-minute PSA aimed at kids, titled Current Affairs. It features Energy Boy and Energy Man, who “search for the best path to a sustainable energy future.” The designs were handled by Gal Shkedi while the animation was produced by Dirty Puppet. The agency on the job was Marmalade Melbourne.

The Missing Key us a soon-to-released half-hour, traditionally-animated film that was written and directed by Sydney-based artist Jonathan Nix. More than four years in the making, the film features characters with gramophones for heads, and it is being produced by Cartwheel Partners. The release is currently listed as Late 2009.

The Joy of Animation is a new documentary featuring four animators discussing their love of animation. Produced by Terry Oberg, Ella Doughty, Tegan Robb and Lacey Barfett, the 6-minute doc features interviews with Australians Steve Baker (An Imaginary Life) and Jason Lynch, a stop-motion animator who has worked on projecs like Mary and Max and Wallace & Gromit.

To promote the upcoming book series, Nit Boy, writer Tristan Bancks and Laguna Bay Publishing have revealed a CG-animated trailer. For those outside of the UK and Australia, a “nit” is also known as “head lice.” The animation is based on Heath McKenzie illustrations, and the animation was handled by Peter Leary from The Animators.