QUICK FACTS
- Tasmania hosted one of the most watched TV series in SBS history - Alone Australia
- Major TV shows filming here - the Bridge, Deadloch, Bay of Fires - bringing economic and social benefit to our State and regions
- $1 million to bring more high-budget screen productions to our State
- Rebates to encourage development in the gaming sector
- Kick-starting the art careers of young Tasmanians with a $1 million youth arts grant funding program
- Additional $1.5 million for individual artists and arts organisations to continue our vibrant industry
Under our 2030 Strong Plan for Tasmania’s Future, a re-elected majority Liberal Government will:
- Introduce a $1 million Pilot Incentive Scheme to bring more high-budget screen productions to our State.
- Deliver a new $500,000 digital games rebate program.
- Support young Tasmanians with a $1 million youth arts grant funding program.
- Provide a one-off $1.5 million increase in arts organisation funding.
An important part of our 2030 Strong Plan for Tasmania’s Future is about developing stronger communities and delivering creative sector opportunities across the State.
Our arts, cultural and creative sector is important to Tasmania. Our arts sector encourages innovation, enriches local and visitor experience and enhances well-being.
These initiatives build on the strong support we continue to provide to the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the Theatre Royal, Ten Days on the Island, and the multitude of arts groups and organisation funding grants which now total $8.3 million over the next four years.
Introduce a Pilot Incentive Scheme for more screen productions
A re-elected majority Liberal Government will partner with Screen Tasmania to ensure our unique Tasmanian stories, landscapes, people and wildlife continue to intrigue, engage and entertain audiences around the world.
Screen production in Tasmania is now booming as a result of the Liberals’ investment and foresight, providing continued employment and development opportunities for our local industry.
In recent years, we have seen Tasmania play host to one of the most watched TV series in SBS history Alone Australia, hosted the reality series The Bridge, Deadloch, Bay of Fires and many other major television shows filming in our State. Each brings substantial economic and social benefits to our State and its regions.
Our government remains committed to continuing to grow the capacity, talent, and creative skills of the Tasmanian screen industry with the support of Screen Tasmania.
A re-elected majority Liberal Government will further grow our screen industry by investing an additional $1 million over two years.
We will introduce a Pilot Incentive Scheme to bring more screen productions to Tasmania. This Scheme will provide incentives for more high-budget screen productions to our State, especially in remote and regional areas.
Deliver a digital games rebate program
A re-elected majority Liberal Government will offer eligible productions a 10 per cent rebate on qualifying Tasmanian digital games expenditure related to digital games work carried out in Tasmania.
This $500,000 rebate program will help encourage development in the gaming sector and fuel digital gaming activity.
Support young Tasmanians with a $1 million youth arts grant funding program
A re-elected majority Liberal Government will establish an arts grant funding program of $1 million over two years for young people to provide an outlet for engagement and creativity and activate the arts careers of more young Tasmanians.
Provide funding for Arts Organisations
A re-elected majority Liberal Government will provide a one-year uplift in arts funding of
$1.5 million in the coming financial year.
This will help to further support a vibrant arts community in Tasmania.
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
A re-elected majority Liberal Government will provide continued support for the internationally-recognised Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) through an annual contribution of approximately $2.4 million.
The TSO serves as an important leader in Tasmania’s arts and cultural sector, continuing a
75-year tradition of orchestral music that is essential to our arts and cultural landscape and to our Tasmanian identity.
Theatre Royal
A re-elected majority Liberal Government will provide continued support for the Theatre Royal, including $4.2 million over the next four years.
What we've delivered in recent years:
- A 50 per cent increase in annual funding to arts organisations since 2021, to support our vibrant artists to engage and inspire audiences and to deliver certainty and confidence for our cultural and creative industries.
- $30 million funding support for the Hedberg Performing Arts Precinct, that has enhanced Tasmania’s position as a leader in the creative, performing and digital arts.
- Supported Screen Tasmania in creating a booming screen production industry, with more productions than ever before being shot and produced in Tasmania, creating jobs for local cast and crew, and delivering global attention and economic benefits.
- A new Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Act 2017to establish TMAG as a statutory authority responsible for the strategic direction of TMAG and the stewardship of its outstanding collections.
- $1 million for TMAG’s permanent children’s exhibition; $100,000 to develop a new strategic vision for a re-imagined cultural and arts facility at TMAG; $460,000 towards TMAG roof works and supported TMAG’s Lift Off! - a school holidays festival for children and young people for seven years.
- Continued support for Tasmania’s cultural icon, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, including $2.3 million to launch its 75th season in 2024 and $100,000 towards the TSO’s very successful China tour, featuring 55 musicians in nine concerts.
- Launched the Cultural and Creative Industries Recovery Strategy 2020 and Beyond to provide sustainable support to our cultural and creative sectors, committing $1 million to support community arts and cultural development activities across Tasmania in 2021 and 2022, with a further $2.5 million for and Arts and Cultural Support Fund.
Net Cost: $4 million over two years