Everyone should have a slice of Producer Offset cake, says NSW Minister for the Arts

Virginia Judge told Encore that she wants to raise her concerns about the Producer Offset with Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett – particularly those around the incentive’s $1m threshold.

“I want to have that re-examined. I want to know why we’re not getting more feature films and documentaries made. I want to have a look at that whole offset because I want to make sure that everyone can have a slice of that cake, not just the over $1m productions,” she said.

“That’s something I’ll be flagging with Minister Garrett when I get the opportunity.”

Questioned about the investment made by New South Wales to support the production of George Miller and Doug Mitchell’s Happy Feet 2, Judge said she could not disclose any details about the package, due to commercial confidentiality reasons, as well as the ongoing competition between Australian states for film development and production/post-production.