Portfolio: Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
http://www.aftrs.edu.au
$40M
2026-27 Budget (Budget Paper No. 4)$35M
2024-25 Total Revenue150
Headcount (2024-25)New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) Regulator and IT Build
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
Total Budget
$79.2M
Digital Budget
$23.8M
July 2024 — January 2026
The establishment of a NVES for light vehicles will deliver more fuel-efficient cars for Australians and support the government’s commitment to achieve net zero by 2050. This investment is for the development of an effective ICT environment in which to manage the regulatory obligations around the NVES, such as data capture from vehicle suppliers/importers, reporting, facilitation of compliance and audit functions, and the establishment and maintenance of a NVES credit trading scheme.
Reporting and Program Management (RPM) System
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
Total Budget
$30.8M
Digital Budget
$14.2M
July 2023 — June 2026
The RPM project is improving the administration of grant payments to states and territories for land transport infrastructure projects. Following recommendations from the Australian National Audit Office, the department is developing a new system, which has been designed to address evolving business needs and transition the current legacy system to a more scalable and flexible system. The RPM Project Objectives are: (1) Develop a new system to automate, simplify and streamline business processes; (2) Provide a single source of data for all grant process stages that is validated and accurate, easy to access and analyse; (3) Ensure the new system is intuitive, easy to use and flexible, and can be extended to meet future needs; and (4) Migrate data from the existing data sources into a consolidated source of truth for infrastructure investment.
Digital First (DF) Program
National Archives of Australia
Total Budget
$25.1M
Digital Budget
$20.6M
July 2023 — June 2026
The National Archives of Australia has established the DF Program to uplift its ability to manage, preserve and provide meaningful access to an increasingly digital collection of records that hold national significance. In late 2025, the DF Program was rescoped to realign the work of the program to support implementation of the new Strategy 2025–2030: Evolving National Archives. The program will finish in June 2026, with additional scope relating to account and workload management to be addressed through strategy implementation.
Fighting SMS Scams
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Total Budget
$10.9M
Digital Budget
$3.2M
October 2024 — July 2026
This project is enabling the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to develop, operate and maintain an SMS ID registry to help prevent scammers from impersonating brands and entities in texts, using message headers (such as myGov), and to create a trusted communications channel.
Spectrum Management
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Total Budget
$22.7M
Digital Budget
$20.9M
October 2022 — May 2027
The digital spectrum management system will include a range of new and enhanced digital and ICT capabilities to support improved spectrum management.
8 tagged
Reform proposals on YourGov that name this department as a delivery partner — drawn from citizen voice, government strategy, research, international examples and gap analysis.
STRATEGY SUMMARY
Working hand-in-hand with the screen and broadcast industries, AFTRS is a global centre of excellence that provides Australians with the highest level of screen and broadcast education, training, and research. [AR p.13]
VISION
“We believe that a country is shaped by its stories. In an increasingly complex world Australians have never needed good stories more, to understand who we are and who we can be. As the national screen and broadcast school, AFTRS’ job is to train the talent who can create these stories. [AR p.14]”
Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.14PURPOSE
Working hand-in-hand with the screen and broadcast industries, AFTRS is a global centre of excellence that provides Australians with the highest level of screen and broadcast education, training, and research. [AR p.13]
Corporate Plan 2025-26 · p.13Strategic priorities
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Outcomes
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Outcome 1: National Reach
As Australia’s national screen and broadcast school, AFTRS programs must be available to the most talented learners in all states and territories. The pillar of National Reach is supported by two strategic areas of focus—First Nations cultures and outreach and inclusion. [CP p.15]
KEY ACTIVITIES
Outcome 2: Excellence
Working together with industry, AFTRS offers the highest level of screen and broadcast training. Our graduates are sought-after for their outstanding craft, skills and artistry. They are enterprising, highly creative, and professional. They understand the power of Australian story, underpinned by First Nations cultures, and enriched by our country’s diversity, to engage, entertain and connect audiences at home and around the world. [CP p.16]
KEY ACTIVITIES
Outcome 3: Sustainability
AFTRS has a suite of scalable, adaptive, face-to-face and online offerings that allows AFTRS to grow its business whilst meeting local, regional, and national demand for graduates in a sustainable way for its staff, school resources, and the industry. [CP p.16]
KEY ACTIVITIES
Values
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Excellence
Courage
Community
Creativity
Generosity
Performance measures
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| Code | Measure | Target 2025-26 | Latest result | Status |
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N/A | N/A | N/A Corporate Plan 2025-26 | N/A Annual Report 2024-25 | N/A |
Source documents
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2024-25
Open
2023-24
Open
2022-23
Open
2021-22
Open
2020-21
Open
2025-26
Corporate Plan 2025–2026
Open
2024-25
Portfolio Budget Statements 2024-2025
Open
2023-24
Portfolio Budget Statement 2023-2024
Open
Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence
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Build a public dashboard showing weekly active-compliance-monitoring counts by remote learning strategy
Create a public dashboard to monitor the progress of the remote learning strategy and show weekly active compliance counts.
2024-25.pdf [AR p.12]
Adopt the UK’s Innovate UK’s Industry-Academic Collaboration Model
Implement a model where AFTRS collaborates with industry to fund and conduct research projects.
association-worldbank.org-governance.txt
Conduct a bi-annual review of the Student Success Pathways Framework
Go beyond the annual review by conducting bi-annual reviews to ensure the framework adapts to student needs.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.14]
Stream First Nations media and education conferences live on AFTRS’ website
Stream live conferences to increase accessibility for First Nations students and communities.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.12]
Implement a quarterly feedback loop with industry partners on training programs
Go beyond annual reviews by establishing a quarterly feedback loop with industry partners to refine training programs.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.14]
Create a digital repository for disseminating faculty-driven research projects
Establish a digital repository to make faculty-driven research projects easily accessible.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.14]
Implement all recommendations from the Disability Action Plan
Complete the implementation of all recommendations from the Disability Action Plan.
2024-25.pdf [AR p.12]
Expand partnerships with 10 additional Culturally and Racially Marginalised (CARM) community-led projects
Expand partnerships to include 10 additional CARM community-led projects.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.12]
Build a public dashboard showing weekly active-compliance-monitoring counts by remote learning strategy
Create a public dashboard to monitor the progress of the remote learning strategy and show weekly active compliance counts.
2024-25.pdf [AR p.12]
Adopt the UK’s Innovate UK’s Industry-Academic Collaboration Model
Implement a model where AFTRS collaborates with industry to fund and conduct research projects.
association-worldbank.org-governance.txt
Conduct a bi-annual review of the Student Success Pathways Framework
Go beyond the annual review by conducting bi-annual reviews to ensure the framework adapts to student needs.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.14]
Stream First Nations media and education conferences live on AFTRS’ website
Stream live conferences to increase accessibility for First Nations students and communities.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.12]
Implement a quarterly feedback loop with industry partners on training programs
Go beyond annual reviews by establishing a quarterly feedback loop with industry partners to refine training programs.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.14]
Create a digital repository for disseminating faculty-driven research projects
Establish a digital repository to make faculty-driven research projects easily accessible.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.14]
Implement all recommendations from the Disability Action Plan
Complete the implementation of all recommendations from the Disability Action Plan.
2024-25.pdf [AR p.12]
Expand partnerships with 10 additional Culturally and Racially Marginalised (CARM) community-led projects
Expand partnerships to include 10 additional CARM community-led projects.
2025-26.pages.jsonl [CP p.12]
Legislation administered
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1973
Australian Film, Television and Radio School Act 1973
The entity administers this Act to provide education, training, and research to the screen and broadcast sector.
2013
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013
The entity operates under this Act as a Commonwealth statutory authority.
Source library
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3.1MB
2024-25.pdf
37.8MB
2023-24.pdf
50.7MB
2022-23.pdf
2.5MB
2021-22.pdf
2.1MB
2020-21.pdf
202KB
2025-26.pdf
457KB
AFTRS-Act.pdf
743KB
01.AFTRS-Council-Elections-Regulations-2017.pdf
204KB
01.-AFTRS-Purchase-and-Disposal-of-Assets-Regulations-2017.pdf
201KB
2025-26-AFTRS-Protfolio-Budget-Statements.pdf
1.0MB
Porfolio-Budget-Statement-2021-2022.pdf
408KB
2024-25.pdf
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