Summary of proposal
Party
Australian Greens
Policy Topic
Economy
Portfolio
Industry, Innovation and Science

The proposal has three components that would provide support for the Australian video game industry with investment and tax incentives.

Component 1 – Establish a Games Investment and Enterprise Fund, with investment of $100 million evenly split over 2019‐20, 2020‐21 and 2021‐22.  

Component 2 – Extend the producer tax offset and the post, digital or visual effects tax offset to video game developers.

Component 3 – Allocate $5 million in 2019‐20 to assist in the development of creative co‐working spaces.

For Components 1 and 3, departmental expenses are to be included within the capped funding amount.

The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2019.