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 the previous government relaxed the fixed local content quotas on free-to-air commercial networks in 2021, removing the mandate for these broadcasters to produce local content for children.
That same year, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) was allocated $11.9 million over four years from 2021/22 (and $3 million per year ongoing).
