Australian drama spending plummets nearly 30%

Screen Australia's annual drama report shows a worrying decline in film and TV expenditure.
Image: Peter Geo on Unsplash.

This morning, Screen Australia released its 2023/24 Drama Report showing a worrying decline, with 29% less investment in scripted film, TV and online content in Australia this year compared to last year.

The report shows a total of $1.7 billion was spent on drama production in Australia, with $929 million of that dedicated to Australian stories. The 29% total decline compared to last year is primarily due to a reduction in high-budget production activity across international TV and Australian feature films.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is a Melbourne writer and editor. Her first book Fallen, a memoir was published in 2014 and her second, Double Happiness, a novel, in 2024. She has a PhD in Australian cinema and was previously a journalist at ScreenHub and ArtsHub. ou can find her on Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle or at Substack where she writes a fortnightly newsletter, The Fool and the Queen.