Funding for children’s programming, NFSA in Federal Budget as government removes above-the-line cap for producer offset

Lennox Monaghan in 'Windcatcher'.

Australian children’s content and the National Film and Sound Archive both received funding boosts in last night’s Federal Budget, with the government also announcing the removal of the cap on ‘above the line’ costs for the Producer Offset from July 1.

Jim Chalmers’ third budget as Treasurer included $14.5 million across four years for the Australian Children’s Television Foundation to support the production of Australian children’s screen content, which has remained in a state of flux since t...