The Australian Digital Games Tax Offset is being expanded by $19.6 million
The Digital Games Tax Offset will now extend to 'games as a service' projects, with additional funding on the way.
Game devs get a path to permanent residency with visa win
Multimedia specialist and software engineer are among 22 new roles included on the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List, which offers…
Unionisation for freelancers: why is it worth it?
Here’s what GWU Australia is doing to make freelance and precarious labourers a priority, and how people in other fields…
Australia's video game tax offset is not a silver bullet
Foreign companies provide massive job boosts and up-skilling, but they have no interest in telling local stories, and they almost…
How does the Digital Games Tax Offset fit into Australia's screen incentives?
Is a $500k minimum spend punishingly high? Is a 30% offset enough? What's different for film and TV? Game developers,…
VICSCREEN to boost Victoria's screen industry with new $191 million strategy
Victoria’s screen industry, encompassing film, television and videogames, today received a large investment commitment as part of a four-year strategy…
30% Federal tax offset for Australian videogame development announced
Australia's first-ever nationwide tax offset for game development will be included in the next Budget, supercharging the local videogame industry.
IGEA has message for NSW: stop excluding game developers
'Not one dollar of any NSW Government screen funding supports video game development,' says IGEA.
Politicians warn against ignoring videogame sector
MP Tim Watts' motion to recognise the social and economic contributions of videogames didn't shy away from the industry's flaws.…
First Look at the Parliamentary Friends of Video Games
‘The one thing that you always have as a politician is a platform. I really want to put the enormous…