The Federal Government has announced its anticipated arts rescue package, rolling out a suite of measures totalling $250 million, including a $50 million fund for screen production to be administered by Screen Australia.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) is calling for production companies to undertake its second annual survey of the screen production sector, to be conducted by Deloitte Access Economics.
The Senate inquiry into the economic and cultural value of Australian content on broadcast TV, streaming services and radio is motivated partly by fears the government could ditch local content quotas without parliament’s approval.
SPA has called on the Federal Government to set a growth target for the Australian screen industry - one that would see the production of Australian content, rate of employment and size of the industry double within five years.
The past four years have seen the ABC’s commissioning budgets for adult drama and children’s content drop around 20 per cent each, according to new data released via Senate Estimates.
The Federal Government has committed $4.2 billion in funding for the public broadcasters over the next three years, while concurrently outlining the next steps in its media reform agenda.
Screen Producers Australia has named the 12 members of the Screen Forever advisory board for this year's event, including chair Bunya Productions CEO Sophia Zachariou.
Screen Producers Australia (SPA) has partnered with APRA AMCOS and ARIA to launch the 'Aussie Made' campaign, which from April will rally Australians to support the local music and screen industries.