Screen Producers Australia CEO Matthew Deaner used his opening address at Screen Forever to highlight the importance of Australia's screen industry forging a path to independent success amid the country's increasingly popularity as a destination for international productions.
Both SPA and the ADG have identified the potential for a "production void" if there is a prolonged delay between the government's relaxation of local content quotas for commercial free-to-air broadcasters and any imposition of obligations on streamers.
State borders may have become more defined in the wake of COVID-19 but the inverse has occurred among the state screen agencies, who presented a united front at this week's Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC).
Naomi Wenck will join Screen Queensland in the newly-created role of production attraction and investment director.
As the Queensland Government pushes forward with its strategic plan to grow the screen industry in Far North Queensland, it has formally appointed Curtis Pitt as FNQ Screen Champion.
Screen Queensland is calling on nominations for its inaugural Equity and Diversity Taskforce, set to be established next month.
The Queensland Government will move to consolidate the state's booming screen industry, putting an extra $71 million on the table to grow production.
With Greater Sydney facing another two weeks in lockdown, the growing COVID-19 threat has led to mixed reactions regarding productions in the state as movements become more constricted.