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Arts, Culture, Sport and Recreation

Screen Queensland

https://screenqueensland.com.au/

Annual Budget

$35M

2025-26 Budget
Flat vs prior year
Staff

40

Headcount (2024-25)
Ideas relevant to this department

12 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

Screen Queensland’s purpose is to grow the screen industry to be a significant contributor to the economic and cultural wellbeing of Queensland. [CP p.2]

PURPOSE

Screen Queensland’s purpose is to grow the screen industry to be a significant contributor to the economic and cultural wellbeing of Queensland. [CP p.2]

Strategic priorities

· 7

1

Growing Queensland Talent

2

Attracting Productions to Queensland

3

Investing in Development

4

Investing in Queensland Production

5

Investing in Game Development

6

Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Practitioners

7

Respect, Inclusion, Diversity, Equality = RIDE

Outcomes

· 7

Outcome 1: Growing Queensland Talent

During the 2019-2020 financial year, Screen Queensland allocated more than $3.7 million across more than 30 initiatives aimed at supporting and growing screen talent in the state. [AR p.13]

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • BIFF – Screen Queensland Short Film Award Charlie’s Writers Lab
  • Creative Consultations Nice Shorts
  • First Peoples: First Draft

Outcome 2: Attracting Productions to Queensland

During the 2019-2020 financial year, Screen Queensland secured three international productions (two feature films, one TV series) and one domestic production (TV series) via the Production Attraction Strategy, including: Irreverent, a TV series from Matchbox Productions, Harrow (Season 3), a TV series from Queensland-based Hoodlum Entertainment that created 120 job opportunities and achieved approximately $15 million in QPE. [AR p.11]

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Irreverent
  • Harrow (Season 3)
  • Great White
  • ScaryGirl

Outcome 3: Investing in Development

During the 2019-2020 financial year, Screen Queensland invested in 43 in-development projects. [AR p.18]

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Alligator Creek
  • Extreme Women
  • Blood Sisters
  • Blue Bones
  • Lone Star
  • Born Savage
  • Macquarie Island
  • Boy Girl Wall

Outcome 4: Investing in Queensland Production

Screen Queensland’s Finance program invested in 22 film and broadcast projects and seven games projects during the 2019-2020 financial year. These projects are predicted to generate $36 million in QPE, supporting approximately 820 jobs for Queenslanders. [AR p.20]

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Retrograde
  • Streamline
  • All My Friends are Racist
  • Darby and Joan
  • This Little Love of Mine
  • 6 Festivals
  • Big Weather (And How to Survive It)
  • Muster Dogs

Outcome 5: Investing in Game Development

During the 2019-2020 financial year, Screen Queensland supported the development of seven Queensland-created games, estimated to deliver $2.3 million in QPE, with an investment of $300,000 via the Finance program. [AR p.22]

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Dros
  • Runaway Mage
  • Anytown Garage Sale Monsters
  • Blueberry
  • Capes
  • Potions Express
  • Foolproof

Outcome 6: Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Practitioners

More than $250,000 was invested in the development and production of eight Indigenous stories in the 2019-2020 financial year. These stories included Mitch Stanley’s epic anthology feature Cook 2020, comprising eight short films created by Indigenous teams from Australia and New Zealand, and Caden Pearson’s documentary Wawu, which focuses on the residents of Hopevale during a special Easter tradition. [AR p.23]

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • Cook 2020
  • Wawu

Outcome 7: Respect, Inclusion, Diversity, Equality = RIDE

Through its dedicated RIDE program, Screen Queensland is committed to fostering a fair and respectful screen industry, creating initiatives that open doors for diverse practitioners, as well as events that ignite vital conversations to encourage change in the sector. [AR p.24]

KEY ACTIVITIES

  • RIDE Signature Event
  • RIDE Feature Film Fund
  • Attagirl
  • Talent Camp
  • SQRL

Values

· 3

innovation

agility

generosity

Performance measures

· 6

CodeMeasureTarget 2025-26Latest resultStatus

CCE01

Total productions supported

40

36

Annual Report 2019-20
Achieved

CCE02

Total jobs created

2000

1,380

Annual Report 2019-20
Achieved

CCE03

Total Queensland Production Expenditure (QPE)

$200 million

$129 million

Annual Report 2019-20
Achieved

CCE04

Total games supported

10

7

Annual Report 2019-20
Achieved

CCE05

Total Indigenous stories produced

10

8

Annual Report 2019-20
Achieved

CCE06

Total RIDE initiatives

20

15

Annual Report 2019-20
Achieved

Ideas distilled from this entity's strategy & evidence

· 12

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2012-2013_Annual_Report1.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2012-2013_Annual_Report1.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases

Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

ScreenQueensland_2024–25AnnualReview_WEB.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Portfolio delivery office for major investments

Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

ScreenQueensland_2024–25AnnualReview_WEB.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2010_11_web.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2010_11_web.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

ScreenQueensland_AnnualReview_2022–23.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

ScreenQueensland_AnnualReview_2022–23.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2012-2013_Annual_Report1.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2012-2013_Annual_Report1.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Annual-Review-Screen-Queensland-2021–22-3.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Annual-Review-Screen-Queensland-2021–22-3.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Recommendation tracker for audits, reviews, and inquiries

Publish a single internal tracker for audit/review recommendations, owners, due dates, and implementation evidence.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2012-2013_Annual_Report1.pdf)

Risk & Assurance

Integrated assurance and lessons-learned system

Create an assurance system that connects audit findings, risk registers, delivery reviews, and investment decisions.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2012-2013_Annual_Report1.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Procurement lessons library for repeat purchases

Capture reusable procurement clauses, market lessons, supplier performance notes, and common evaluation criteria.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

ScreenQueensland_2024–25AnnualReview_WEB.pdf)

Procurement & Delivery

Portfolio delivery office for major investments

Stand up a portfolio delivery office that tracks benefits, risks, dependencies, procurement, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

ScreenQueensland_2024–25AnnualReview_WEB.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Regulatory burden scan for forms, guidance, and reporting

Identify the top 10 highest-friction reporting obligations and simplify guidance, forms, or evidence requirements.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2010_11_web.pdf)

Regulation & Policy

Adaptive regulation program with live feedback loops

Create an adaptive regulation model using sandboxes, industry data, risk scoring, and regular rule updates.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2010_11_web.pdf)

Citizen Services

Plain-language service pages and proactive status updates

Rewrite high-volume pages and letters into plain language, add status notifications, and measure contact reduction.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

ScreenQueensland_AnnualReview_2022–23.pdf)

Citizen Services

Single front door for life-event based services

Bundle services around life events so citizens can complete related steps across agencies in one journey.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

ScreenQueensland_AnnualReview_2022–23.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Reusable briefing and summary assistant for internal documents

Create controlled templates for summarising reports, submissions, minutes, and ministerial briefs.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

2012-2013_Annual_Report1.pdf)

Staff Productivity

Department-wide knowledge and briefing platform

Build a secure knowledge platform that lets staff search, summarise, and cite approved departmental material.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

2012-2013_Annual_Report1.pdf)

Data & Performance

KPI evidence register with named owners

Create a simple register mapping each KPI to source data, owner, frequency, target, and last result.

Impact: High
Effort: Low
small

Annual-Review-Screen-Queensland-2021–22-3.pdf)

Data & Performance

Outcome dashboard linking budget, delivery, and public impact

Build a public-facing outcome dashboard showing spend, outputs, outcomes, and delivery confidence.

Impact: Very High
Effort: High
large

Annual-Review-Screen-Queensland-2021–22-3.pdf)

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