Overall gains in employment, significant growth in the digital games industry, and rising production costs for television drama have headlined the eighth Australian Bureau of Statistics Film, Television and Digital Games survey - the first since 2015/16.
Trackdown GM Elaine Beckett believes it's not only developers who stand to benefit from the Digital Games Tax Offset and increased government investment in games, but also post-production services.
Up to two First Nations game studios will receive $150,000 per year for two years under a new initiative from Screen Australia.
Screenwest has unveiled production funding for 13 projects via its new Digital Games Production Fund, and has also put development funding towards four documentaries.