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Australian drama spending plummets nearly 30%

Screen Australia's annual drama report shows a worrying decline in film and TV expenditure.

17 Dec 2024 13:06

Rochelle Siemienowicz

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.

Of particular concern are the declines in expenditure on Australian children’s television and VOD (down 28%) and Australian theatrical feature films (down 42%).

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Rochelle Siemienowicz

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.