The Federal Government has appointed Blackfella Films founder Rachel Perkins as the new chair of AFTRS for a three-year term.
Michael Ebeid will take over as chair of the Screen Australia board, replacing Nicholas Moore.
The Federal Government has announced it will alter the threshold for the TV Producer Offset, meaning serials like 'Home and Away' will now be able to qualify for the 30 per cent rebate.
India has become the 14th country to officially sign a co-production treaty with Australia after the Federal Government confirmed this week it had ratified an agreement with the South Asian nation.
The Federal Government has appointed WildBrain chief operating officer Deirdre Brennan as the successor to Screen Australia CEO Graeme Mason, who departs the agency in November.
The third seasons of ABC series' 'Ginger and the Vegesaurs' and 'The Newsreader', as well as a new film from Sophie Hyde about Oscar Wilde's wife, are among the projects to share in $10 million of production funding from Screen Australia.
Award-winning kids digital content specialist Johanna Egger and long-time developer Morgan Jaffit are the inaugural appointees of the Federal Government's Digital Games Tax Offset Advisory Board.
The Federal Government has announced two new appointments to the Screen Australia board, with actress and writer Pallavi Sharda and former SBS CEO Michael Ebeid joining for three-year terms.