Live Performance Australia (LPA), the peak body for the live arts and entertainment industry, has welcomed the Greens plan for Live Performance Tax Offsets.
LPA CEO, Eric Lassen said: ‘Production incentives are a proven formula for attracting new investment and underpinning confidence for putting new shows on stage.
‘We’ve seen how they work in markets such as the UK, and in our own screen and digital games industries in Australia.
‘We know they would have an immediate and game-changing impact, supporting creators, producers and artists in bringing more performances to more Australians around the country.
‘Our modelling shows a theatre production incentive would be revenue-positive for government, delivering more jobs, increased economic activity and significant social and cultural benefits.
‘At a time of rising costs for production and touring and cost of living pressures on audiences, we need to be pulling every lever available to us including incentives such as those proposed by the Greens to support a thriving, dynamic and diverse live performance industry,’ Mr Lassen said.
