ALMBC Pre Budget Submission
The ALMBC Recently made a Pre-Budget Submission to the Federal Government.
Here is an excerpt:
The ALMBC requests the following in the up-coming budget to continue to build
opportunities for grass roots live music industry in regional and remote Australia:
- Maintenance and increase in Revive Live Funding, including ensuring that guidelines:
- continue to exclude multi-nationally owned companies as eligible entities
- build focus on regional and remote touring circuit redevelopment with specific funds allocated for tours that involve 4 or more regional locations
and an encouragement for tours to include emerging artists from regional and remote areas
- Support for the APRA AMCOS suggested tax offset for live music venues requested previously
- Increased funding for Music Australia to continue the delivery of high quality services to the industry
- A new federal professional mentoring program for regional and remote music
industry businesses including festivals, venues, studios, labels, promoters and more - Development of a Federal, State and Local Government partnered pilot to underwrite insurance to a small number of live music venues
The ALMBC would also like to reinforce our support for non-budgetary steps that would build opportunities for grass roots live music industry in regional and remote Australia:
- Require ticketing companies to list all fees within each concert ticket sold
- Support for Visa fee reduction and fast tracking for international acts who have confirmed and contracted local supports booked for tours into Australia as per the Australian Artist Manager’s “Michael’s Rule”
- Confirmation that an Australian Arena Ticket Levy will be legislated, as is the case in the UK, if the industry is unable to implement its own satisfactory version before the end of 2024
