Arts, sport & collectionsStatutory authorityExists today
Screen Australia
1 July 2008 – present
The Commonwealth's screen funding agency, supporting the development, production, marketing and distribution of Australian film, television, documentary and online content and administering the Producer Offset.
How it came into existence
Established on 1 July 2008 under the Screen Australia Act 2008 by merging the Australian Film Commission (except its archive), the Film Finance Corporation Australia and Film Australia Limited.
- development and production funding
- screen culture support
- industry research
- investment in film and television production
- National Interest Program documentaries
- Film Australia library
Legislation: Screen Australia Act 2008
Main functions
- funding of screen development and production
- administration of the Producer Offset tax incentive
- documentary funding and the National Interest Program
- marketing and international promotion
- screen industry research
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts.
- Type of body
- Corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
- Accountable authority
- Board of Screen Australia – Screen Australia Act 2008 sections 5 and 8, with reference to section 16 note (membership section 10)
- ABN
- 46 741 353 180
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 11 December 2014 to the latest release (30 June 2026))