Children’s Television, regional news, news media and the bargaining code with digital players were winners from last night’s Federal Budget 2021.
The Morrison Government pledged commitments for the media sector and acknowledged challenges the pandemic has created for the arts sector.
Amongst the measures announced last night were:
$15 million to the AAP Newswire in support of public interest journalism in regional Australia;
$4.2 million to implement the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code;
$85.4 million for eight national collecting institutions; and
$11.9 million over four years to boost quality children’s television content. This represents the ACTF’s operational funding being locked in for 4 years. ACTF currently receives $2.9 million annually from the Commonwealth Government, on a year by year basis.
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AAP to receive multimillion-dollar federal government funding boost
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Newswire AAP, which almost closed last year over concerns it was losing too much money, is expected to receive almost $20 million in funding from the federal government’s budget.
Industry sources familiar with the funding, who spoke anonymously because the budget has not been announced, said the federal government is planning to hand out $15 million over two years to the newswire. The funds are expected to be an addition to a $5 million grant awarded to AAP last year.